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Yemen, Syria to top agenda at Official issues RERA licence application deadline alert GCC summit under the regulations of RERA. Starting January And they have time until Jan- Riyadh • uary 4 to apply for the licence. 5, operating without a Through more robust Starting January 5, operating eaders of the Six Gulf licence will be illegal regulations, RERA will without a licence will be ille- LCooperation Council and penalties will apply assist in improving gal and penalties will apply for (GCC) states will gather in for non-compliance. non-compliance, as per Law 27 Riyadh today for a meeting transparency and of 2017 regulating the real estate of the GCC’s Supreme Coun- trust in the sector, sector, RERA warned. cil, chaired by King Salman TDT | Manama provide greater “Through more robust regu- of Saudi Arabia. assurance and lations, RERA will assist in im- The conflicts in Yemen haikh Mohammed bin protection for proving transparency and trust and Syria, and tension in Khalifa Al Khalifa, the CEO property buyers and in the sector, provide greater Iraq, are likely to top the Sof Real Estate Regulato- investors. assurance and protection for agenda at the summit, the ry Authority (RERA) has urged property buyers and investors 39th since the GCC was es- property managers to apply for The licensing is part of efforts to regulate the sector. SHAIKH MOHAMMED and ultimately increase the tablished in 1981. a RERA licence as a matter of contribution of the real estate The leaders “will discuss urgency amidst the January 4 the implementation of licens- brokers, sales agents and de - Property Managers and Own- sector to the overall Bahrain a number of important is- deadline fast-approaching. ing requirements for real estate velopers already in the frame,” ers’ Association Managers are economy,” Shaikh Mohammed sues in Gulf joint action and “RERA is moving forward with practitioners with real estate Shaikh Mohammed said. the latest categories to come said. what has been achieved in the framework of achiev- ing Gulf integration and cooperation in the political, defence, economic and legal fields,” said GCC Secre- tary-General Dr Abdullatif Al Zayani. No solutions at sight Terrorists held Multan Houthi militia “not serious” on finding common ground to end Yemen war akistani counter-terror- Pism police say they have Among the issues under dis- arrested five “terrorists” who Among the issues cussion are the country’s failed were planning attacks on se- • economy, potential humanitar- curity agencies and seized under discussion are Expectations stem from ian corridors, a prisoner swap, explosive vests and weapons the country’s failed experience, and from the reopening of the defunct in the country’s east. economy, potential experience I would say Sanaa international airport, and Senior officer Rai Tahir humanitarian corridors, no, they are not serious. Hodeida, the rebel-held city at said yesterday that a group RANA GHANEM the heart of an ongoing govern- of five men belonging to the a prisoner swap, the ment offensive. banned militant organisa- reopening of the defunct The government has held firm tion Tehreek-e-Taliban had Sanaa international parties had not yet met face- to its demand that the Houthis planned to attack intelli- airport and Hodeida. to-face, with Griffiths and his evacuate the western governo- gence agency offices in the team shuttling between the del- rate of Hodeidah, home to a Red city of Bahawalpur. Sanaa airport has egations. Sea port that is the entry point • The feuding sides had, howev- for 90 per cent of food imports to been largely shut for er, been chatting “informally” in impoverished Yemen, and hand three years, during the halls, she said. the area over to security forces. which the Arab coalition Houthi militias have been blocking peace efforts initiated by the UN in Yemen. took control of Yemen’s Yemeni people,” said Ghanem, DON’T MISS IT sea and airspace. the only woman in either delegation. Aden The last round of talks in 2016 broke down in Kuwait af- In troubled he Houthi militia is “not 14 ter more than three months of million Yemenis are on 03 waters serious” on finding com- the brink of starvation negotiations. Tmon ground to end the following the unrest and A plan to host the warring par- New, young devastating war in Yemen, a devastating war in Yemen, ties in Geneva collapsed in Sep- faces grace member of the government del- according to UN. tember after the rebels refused 04 egation to the UN-brokered talks to leave the capital Sanaa, citing parliament in Sweden said yesterday. safety concerns. Nearly four years into a war Government representatives, ‘Farmers’ that has pushed 14 million Yem- “Expectations stem from ex- Houthi spokesmen and UN Yem- market’ off to a enis to the brink of starvation, perience, and from experience en envoy Martin Griffiths have 05 the Saudi-backed government I would say no, they are not all said the talks are not aimed great start of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi serious,” said Rana Ghanem, a at finding a political solution to and the Houthi militia, linked member of the government del- the conflict. to Iran, are in the rural town egation to the talks. Both Yemeni parties have of Rimbo for what UN officials “But our hope ... is that this threatened to leave the talks if expect will be a week of nego- will help alleviate the tension, certain demands are not met. tiations. and alleviate the suffering of the Ghanem confirmed the two SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 02

HRH the Crown Prince with HH Shaikh Nasser and championship winners. Ironman championship concludes HRH the Crown Prince attends the closing ceremony Manama BD 2.9 Charity Works and Youth Affairs ters and officials in the Kingdom. Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al only nder the patronage of and Chairman of the Supreme HRH the Crown Prince then Khalifa towards empowering the His Royal Highness Council for Youth and Sports, honoured the winners in the Bahraini youth. UPrince Salman bin President of Bahrain Olympic men’s and women’s categories. Furthermore, HRH the Crown Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Committee. On this occasion, HRH the Prince valued HH Shaikh Nas- Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- Upon his arrival, HRH the Crown Prince hailed Bahrain’s ser’s initiatives which have mander and First Deputy Prime Crown Prince was received in continued success in organising contributed to developing the Minister, the closing ceremony the ceremony by HH Shaikh Nas- major events, pointing out that triathlon sport in the Kingdom of the Middle East Ironman ser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and HH the Bahrainis’ achievement and and have allowed the Bahraini 70.3 Bahrain took place yes- Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khal- high spirit translate the care and triathletes climbing podiums in terday. ifa, President of Bahrain Eques- interest of HM King Hamad bin major events. Try out our Indian platter- Super It was held in the presence trian and Endurance Federation Isa Al Khalifa to the sports and The Crown Prince also con- delicious and great value for money of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Ham- (BREEF) and Vice-President of youth sector. gratulated the winners of the ad Al Khalifa, Representative the Supreme Council for the En- Moreover, HRH the Crown Middle East 70.3 Ironman Bah- of His Majesty the King for vironment and number of Minis- Prince praised the efforts of HH rain. 03 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 big story In troubled waters Majority of fishermen fish sorrows, take home miseries

Much worsening the plight of fishermen are the new regulations, which include temporary fishing bans and new standards for fishing nets. Expat fishermen outnumber Bahraini fishermen.

them, who lived at the mercy of nancial Harbour Sitra and Zal- Some fishermen say sea to make both ends meet, are laq. • out in search for other jobs. Fishermen say there are no they no longer enjoy Reason is simple: They are not There are enough resources in the sea to the profession, owing even able to generate half the no enough sustain all of them. Fish prices to fear of crossing 3,000 income they would generate a resources in the in the market are also not prom- Bahrainis and expatriates marine boundaries and few years ago. sea to sustain ising. make a living by fishing Returning without a good “Half of the catch would di - ending up in jails. in seas in the Kingdom, all of us. Fish according to sources. catch is something they can’t prices in the rectly go to the boat owner,” a even think of now; considering fisherman said. Reclamation of sea market are also the hike in diesel prices and in- not promising. A fisherman’s job is not an easy has• added to their plight. crease in rents to boat owners. task; it demands heavy physical According to fishermen, And many in search of treas- A FISHERMAN and tireless efforts when com- most often fill the lives of fish- ures to sustain themselves un- pared to other professions. fishes escape to deeper ermen. knowingly strayed into foreign boundaries and ending up in jails. “A team aboard a boat general- waters, making the fishing From time to time, the fisher- waters, ending up in jails in some Reclamation of sea has added ly consists of four to seven men. process a really hard task. men in the Kingdom have con- of the neighbouring countries to their plight. According to fish- While one handles the steer - fronted tough situations with including Saudi Arabia, Iran and ermen, fishes escape to deeper ing wheel, other has to cook; TDT | Manama waves sweeping away the joys of Qatar. waters, making the fishing pro- remaining will fish using nets Rajeevan Puravankara their lives. As of today, there are scores of cess a really hard task. on a rotational basis,” a fisher- The ever-decreasing size of the fishermen languishing behind Sources say about 3,000 peo- man said. sea coupled with fast-disappear- the bars outside Bahrain. ple are employed by the fisheries He lamented that the normal uite similar to Earnest ing fisheries wealth is throwing Some fishermen say they no industry in the Kingdom, in and “eight-hour work” hardly ap - Hemingway’s Santiago, new challenges to them. longer enjoy the profession, ow- around the harbours located in plies to fishermen. “We never get Qtrials and tribulations, Many, in fact thousands of ing to fear of crossing marine Muharraq, Diyar, Samaheej, Fi- enough rest. It’s really a tough battle with sea.” Expat fishermen easily outnumber Bahraini fishermen. A good number of them are from the Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Most of them support their poor families back home, after earning a few dinars here. Away from fishing, fisher - ies-related industries are also facing a tough time. Earlier, there were five shops at the Muharraq Fishing Har- bour selling fishing nets and related accessories. Now there are only two. These days only amateur fishermen and those who do it as a hobby, find joy in fishing, while professionals struggle to make both ends meet. Much worsening the plight of fishermen are the new regulations, which include temporary fishing bans and new standards New regulations have adversely affected the lives of fishermen. for fishing nets. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 04 New, young faces grace parliament Twenty-five percent of the parliament members are now under the age of 40

Hamad Al Khalifa.” Eight candidates Al Nafi, however, told Tribune • that he didn’t expect to see this won their seats from the much young faces in the parlia- Muharraq constituency ment. “Thanks to the Bahraini orientation, the dream has come Growing number of true.” young• people reflects the “Young people are always en- thusiastic, they have sophisticat- confidence of people in ed ideas and aim development bringing about a change and creativity,” he said. “I expect this council to be TDT | Manama more successful and better than the previous ones,” a beaming Al-Nafi said. Abdullah Al-Dosari Abdullah Alshaer Ali Al-Naimi Ammar Al Abbas ike the country as a whole, In the capital Governorate, Bahrain’s parliament and Zainab Abdul Amir and Ammar Lpoliticians are also getting Al Abbas won the polls, while more youthful. Ali Al-Naimi was the only young People of Bahrain, in the re- man to win from the southern cently concluded election, vot- governorate. ed into office, for the first time At the municipal elec - in the history of the Kingdom, tions, eight young candidates more young minds than ever, a emerged victorious with Mu- welcome change in the King- harraq municipality claiming dom’s parliamentary work. half of the winners including The elections to the 40 mem- Hassan Al-Duwi, Saleh Bu - ber council which wrapped up hzaa, Fadel Al-Oud and Ahmad last week contributed in creating Al-Mekhoi. an assembly with 25 per cent Only two women, Zina Jassim Ammar Qamber Basem al-Maliki Ibrahim al-Nafi’i Kaltham Haiki members being under the age of and Zainab al-Darazi, managed 40, especially with the arrival of to grab their seats at the munic- Youth activist Abdullah al- 10 young deputies. ipal council from the northern Shaer told the Tribune that the “This was the natural re - governorate. Khalid Janahi and arrival of 15 young people to the sult of His Majesty King Abdullah Bubshit also won their House of Representatives is an Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s municipal seats. achievement for the youth of support,” Ibrahim Al-Nafi, a Bahrain. “This proves the aware- newly appointed deputy told ness of the Bahraini citizens in the Tribune. making them a key player in the “We now have 15 young peo- reform project of His Majesty ple in the House of Representa- I expect this council the King and the democratic tives,” Al-Nafi said stressing that to be more successful march of Bahrain.” this approach would empower and better than This victory, according to al- young people at all levels in - previous ones Shaer, is the result of several cluding education, training or contributing factors such as the sporting. initiative of the Team Bahrain Mahmoud Al Bahrani Mohammed Issa Abbasi Zainab Abdul Amir The growing number of young IBRAHIM AL-NAFI and other youth initiatives as faces in the Bahraini politics also well as the initiatives of First to have more trust in the Bah- ative image about the House of development of the Kingdom. marks a definite shift, which Deputy Speaker of the House raini youth.” Representatives.” “The Council is the first step according to Al Nafi has made of Representatives. “His Roy- Al Shaer told Tribune that the Youths of Bahrain, Al Shaer for Bahrain to empower young people more confident in their al Highness Prince Salman new members are “capable of stressed, are capable of bringing people to influential leadership ability and potential, “thanks bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown making a great difference” in the required change by engaging positions, and there are min- to the support embodied by His Prince, his contribution has the parliament work. “ They will in the decision-making process isters representing the youth Highness Shaikh Nasser bin driven the citizens of Bahrain contribute in changing the neg- and will play a great role in the category in the cabinet.”

Suzan Salman Kanoo shares her success story with students TDT | Manama way that I have,” she said. tudents at the University of “The talk was about my suc- SBahrain were recently treat- cess story and used the oppor- ed to an inspiring talk with one tunity to show them how they of the top female executives in It was lovely can reach their goals and achieve the Kingdom. speaking to success as well,” she said. Sharing her own inspirational young university Speaking about her experi- story with a roomful of students ence with International Motor was Suzan Salman Kanoo, the students who Trading Agency, she said, “I am Chief Executive Officer of Inter- are so driven and glad that I was able to influence national Motor Trading Agency. ambitious. Their a number of positive changes in The talk was part of a series ideas were very the company.” titled ‘Success stories’ organised interesting and I “There have been huge im- by the university at the Business had a lot of take provements since I took over Incubation Centre at the Univer- home points as as CEO. We are now in the top sity of Bahrain. Ms Kanoo was five dealers right now. We keep honoured with a Memento of well getting awards for being one the appreciation by the University SUZAN SALMAN KANOO best dealers in the Middle East.” officials. Ms Kanoo told Tribune that “It was lovely speaking to International Motor Trading young university students who Agency now hold the highest are so driven and ambitious,” market share in the gulf, which said Ms Kanoo when asked “Their ideas were very inter- out to be an interactive lecture is “a big change from where we about her experience with the esting and I had a lot of take - which was what I wanted. I were to where to we are right students. home points as well. It turned hope they benefited the same now”. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 05 ‘Farmers’ market’ off to a great start Thousands visit farmers’ market opened at the Agriculture Centre in Budaiya Botanical Garden

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ahrain’s farmers’ market got off to a packed start Byesterday with thousands of people visiting the agricultural fest which this year has got bigger and better. The market, according to organisers, now in its seventh edition, provides a platform for local farmers to sell their fresh produce. The five-month-long market, set up at the Agriculture Centre in Budaiya Botanical Garden, promotes Bahrain’s homegrown In pictures, scenes from the market Agricultural produce and sup- ports local farmers. This year eight Bahrainis are area to the market. More than 40 farmers are participating in the flower and Meanwhile, display of animals participating in the market this ornamentation corner, while at the market came under heavy year. Apart from the Agricul - there are 32 participants in the scrutiny from animal lovers. An tural produce, it also features farmers’ corner and 6 in the ag- image of a locked up monkey a section for traditional crafts, ricultural companies’ corner, was posted on a Facebook. “It restaurants, and entertainment organisers stated. used to be just about fruit and activities for children. The market, however, is not vegetables. Why animals need The market, organised by welcome to all, The organisers, to be introduced is beyond me,” the National Initiative for Ag- in a statement, bans bringing a resident said. ricultural Development in the dogs inside. The statement also When contacted, a National co-operation with the Ministry bans bringing bicycles, sheesha, Initiative for Agricultural De- of Municipalities Affairs and barbecue equipment or playing velopment representative told Agriculture and Urban Planning, sports in the garden. Tribune that the move was for has become extremely popular “The administration calls on ‘awareness purposes’. “We do representative said. at Hoorat A’ali. The Hoorat A’ali Bank (BDB) and the Ministry over the years with thousands all visitors to abide by the laws of have animals at the market in The Budaiya market will be market is organised by the Na- of Municipalities Affairs and visiting the market every week the market,” the statement said Budaiya, its purpose is to raise held every Saturday from 8:00 tional Initiative for Agricultural Agriculture and Urban Planning from December to April every adding that a free shuttle ser- awareness about the animals am to 2:00 pm until April 27th. Development with the co-oper- and has also been a huge success year. vice is available from the parking especially among children,” a It is part of the farmers market ation of Bahrain Development since it launched.

Bahraini doctors to help refugees Kingdom of Bahrain TDT | Manama Red Crescent Hospital in Am- of medical and health ex - Education & Training Quality Authority man. General Secretary of the perts in different parts of the ahrain Red Crescent Socie- Bahrain Red Crescent Society world, training medical per- Directorate of Human Resources Bty (BRCS) officials, Medical Dr Fawzi Abdulla Amin said, sonnel in the most vulnerable and Financial Affairs University of Bahrain (RSCI) of- “This project aims at provid- areas and raising Bahrain as ficials and Jordan Red Crescent ing medical and nursing aid to one of the countries in pro - The Education & Training Quality Authority Invites quotations for the following tenders: Society officials held a meeting refugees and those displaced viding medical assistance in yesterday for a Medical Aid by war and conflict, and for in- the region.” Dr Amin stressed Tender Tender Initial Tender Closing Date Title No. Bond Fees Day/Date/Time Project. tervention in the areas hit by that BRCS is keen to partner The project aims at involv- natural disasters.” with Bahrain Medical Society Security Guards BQA/LC/DNE/2018/01 ing Bahraini doctors to provide “It also aims at involving (BMS), Bahrain Nursing Society Thursday Male and Female Workers BQA/LC/DNE/2018/02 BD BD medical services to Syrian and doctors in medical aid volun- and Medical colleges in Bahrain 27/12/2018 1,000 15 Yemeni refugees at Jordanian teering, sharing the expertise to set this project. Recording of Arabic and English 13:30 BQA/LC/DNE/2018/03 National Examinations Scripts

z Those who are Capable and want to participate in the above tender, are kindly requested to purchase the tender documents by visiting the Education and Training Quality Authority, Office address is Complete assessment or face allowance cut: CSB Doha Plaza Building 2334, Road 2830, Block 428 Seef Area, 11th floor during the working hours from 08:00 am to 03:00 pm telephone number 17562353 starting from 09/12/2018. TDT | Manama Ebrahim Mohamed, the Di - personal skills and to identify z Offers should be deposited in the tender box provided at the Education and Training Quality Authority, in the same address above. rector General of Human Re- weaknesses in employee per- z Initial Bond should be enclosed for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender ailure in completing the sources Development and Per- formance. value whichever amount is the lesser, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD. 100/-. Fassessment of employees formance at the Civil Service “Failure to complete the The initial bond should be in the form of a Certified Cheque, Bank Guarantee, cash or Insurance Policy in government entities will re- Bureau said. employee’s assessment will valid for the duration specified in the tender documents. sult in the discontinuation of According to the statistics result in the discontinua - z This tender should comply to the provisions of the General Tenders Regulations, no. (36) for the year their annual increment, CSB has and figures issued by CSB, 62 tion of the annual increment 2002, and it’s executive Regulations No. (37) for the year 2002. warned, “if not evaluated before per cent of employees assessed until the completion of the z The following conditions shall be complied with: December 13”. so far got a rating of “fully meets employee performance evalu- 1. Enclose copy of the Commercial Registration Bill, for the current year, and has to be included/ As of now, 75 per cent of em- expectations”. ation, which adversely affects matched with the tender subjects. ployees of government entities Stressing the need to the managerial decisions relat- 2. Form no.) TB 02 (is to be filled completely, mentioning the Total Tender Value and Unit Price (accordingly). were assessed, the Civil Service complete the entry of em- ed to incentives, promotions, 3. Enclose a certificate of compliance with the employment percentages for Bahraini manpower Bureau has said. ployees’ assessment, the training and development,” the issued by the Ministry of Labor. “The percentage of employ- Director-General said the sys- statement said. 4. All tender documents (Original / Copy) which has been submitted with the offers should be ees who were assessed until tem aims to create a compet- The deadline for employees’ stamped with the companies Stamp. 3 December 2018 has risen to itive environment for career assessment entry is on 13 De- z This advertisement is consider to be a supplementary to the tender Documents. 75pc in the 2018 performance advancement, awards based cember 2018, according to the management cycle,” Adel Hije on achievements, abilities and CSB statement. 06 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 world

Trump nominates ex-Fox News anchor Six dead, several hurt Nauert as UN envoy in nightclub stampede The suspected use of a pepper spray-like substance is thought to have sparked the chaos AFP | Corinaldo, Italy said, with at least 50 in- start when we smelt this by her son’s body, the pa- Heather Nauert speaks during a ix people, including jured in total. pungent odour,” a 16-year- per said. briefing in Washington, DC five teenagers, died As the crowd panicked, old boy who was taken to Around 1,000 people Sand dozens were in- people ran for the three hospital told the media. -- many of them young Washington, United States jured in a stampede when emergency exits, one of “We ran to one of the -- were in the Lanterna panic broke out during a which led to a small bridge emergency exits but we Azzurra (Blue Lantern) S President Donald rap concert at an Italian and the car park. found it blocked, the club for a performance by UTrump yesterday nom- nightclub early Saturday. The force of the fleeing bouncers told us to go Italian rapper Sfera Ebbas- inated State Department The suspected use of crowd made a railing col- back.” ta, known as “the king of spokeswoman and former a pepper spray-like sub- lapse and dozens of people the trap” for his style of Fox News anchor Heather stance is thought to have fell, crushing those at the ‘You can’t die like that! Hip Hop. Nauert as his next ambas- sparked the chaos at the bottom of the pile, accord- A pile of abandoned shoes “I’m deeply saddened by sador to the United Nations venue in the town of Cori- ing to a preliminary inves- testified to the chaos of the what happened,” Ebbasta -- a swift elevation for a sup- naldo, near Ancona in cen- tigation. stampede, with survivors said on Instagram. porter who had no diplo- tral Italy. Grainy mobile phone and the bereaved weeping “I don’t want to pass matic experience until last “The cause may have footage appeared to show outside the nightclub as judgement on who is re- year. been the dispersal of a part of a walkway collaps- emergency vehicles tend- sponsible, but I would just Nauert, who has shown stinging substance, the ing, sending dozens of ed to the injured, local like to ask everyone to stop poise in front of the cameras young people fled and emergency personnel treating victims after a stampede at a people tumbling down. newspaper Ancona Today and think how dangerous and mostly avoided gaffes, trampled over each other. nightclub in Cornaldo Ironically, those who re- reported. and stupid it can be to use would succeed Nikki Ha- Sadly, six people died and The victims include five accompanied her daughter mained inside the night- “It can’t be! You can’t die pepper spray in a night- ley, a former South Carolina dozens are injured,” the people under the age of 18 to the concert. club were unharmed. like that. Wake up Mattia, club,” he said, cancelling governor seen as entertain- fire service said in a state- -- three girls and two boys Seven people are in a “We were dancing and I beg you,” one unnamed all his upcoming promo- ing ambitions for higher po- ment on Twitter. - and an adult woman who critical condition, doctors waiting for the concert to woman cried as she knelt tional events. litical office.

Russian offered Trump Aussie school kids lead China launches rover for ‘political’ cooperation mass coal mine protests first far side of the moon documents -- which the White House dismissed as reveal- ing “nothing of value.” The campaign fi - nance violations to which Cohen plead guilty -- unrelated to the Russia investigation -- concerned hush payments he made on Trump’s behalf to alleged former lovers of the president, including porn star Stormy Daniels. In the 40-page document Khuzami drew a direct link be- Michael Cohen, former personal tween Cohen’s illegal behavior Students from different schools raise placards during a protest rally for A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang launch centre in Xichang in lawyer for US President Donald and Trump. climate change awareness at Martin Place in Sydney China’s southwestern Sichuan province early Trump “In particular, and as Co - hen himself has now admitted, Sydney, Australia children’s children, and all fu- Beijing, China New York, United States with respect to both payments, ture generations,” she added to he acted in coordination with ustralian school children a rapturous applause. hina launched a rover S prosecutors have re - and at the direction of Indi- Aled thousands of demon- Protestors called on both the Cearly yesterday destined Uvealed that a Russian of- vidual-1,” the document reads, strators nationwide Saturday government and the opposi- to land on the far side of the fered cooperation to Donald referring to Trump. calling for a halt on plans for tion to put a halt to the project. moon, a global first that would KNOW WHAT Trump’s campaign as early as Robert Mueller, the special Indian mining firm Adani to “The leaders of Australia boost Beijing’s ambitions to 2015, declaring that the presi- counsel heading up the probe construct a controversial coal need to start acting,” 12-year- become a space superpower, dent’s ex-lawyer Michael Co- into Russian meddling in the mine in the country’s north- old Sammy Lightfoot said. state media said. It was not until hen had provided “relevant” 2016 vote, followed up with a east. The prime minister last The Chang’e-4 lunar probe 1959 that the Sovi- and “substantial” help to the separate filing saying Cohen The rallies across major month said “kids should go mission -- named after the et Union captured Russia investigation. had made “substantial and cities followed a protest last to school” when asked about moon goddess in Chinese my- the first images In a separate case, federal significant efforts to reme- month that saw thousands of children missing a day in the thology -- launched on a Long of the heavily prosecutors Friday demanded diate his misconduct, accept Australian students defy Prime classroom to protest. March 3B rocket from the cratered surface, “substantial” jail time of be- responsibility for his actions, Minister Scott Morrison and Students on Saturday crea- southwestern Xichang launch tween 51 to 63 months -- four and assist” the special investi- skip school to demand the gov- tively rebuked the prime min- centre at 2:23 am (1823 GMT), uncloaking some of to five years -- for Cohen for gation, a thorn in Trump’s side. ernment take action on climate ister, who goes by the nick- according to the official Xin- the mystery of the bank fraud and campaign fi- Cohen said the unidentified change. name ScoMo, taking selfies hua news agency. moon’s “dark side”. nance violations to which he person “repeatedly proposed” School children invited with a giant ScoMo puppet, The blast-off marked the plead guilty in August. a meeting between Trump and adults along to Saturday’s carrying a school grade card start of a long journey to the owned space contractor. US Attorney Robert Khu- Russian President Vladimir event, helping to boost num- for climate science labelled far side of the moon for the “This mission is also the zami accused the 52-year- Putin, claiming it could have bers. “FAIL” in red writing. Chang’e-4 mission, expected most meaningful deep space old, who once vowed to take a “phenomenal” impact “not “We are taking a stand that to land around the New Year exploration research project a bullet for the president, of only in political but in a busi- our leaders are far too afraid to Aus prime minister to carry out experiments and in the world in 2018,” He said, being motivated by “person- ness dimension as well.” take themselves,” 14-year-old survey the untrodden terrain. according to state-run Global al greed” and of “repeatedly” “Cohen, however, did not student Jean Hinchcliffe told last month said “kids “Chang’e-4 is humanity’s Times. Unlike the near side of using his power and influence follow up on this invitation,” demonstrators. should go to school” first probe to land on and ex- the moon, the far side is moun- for “deceptive ends.” “Totally the filing added.“During the “We are the people that have when asked about plore the far side of the moon,” tainous and rugged. clears the President. Thank campaign, laws were broken... been fighting and will keep children missing a said the mission’s chief com- No lander or rover has ever you!” Trump tweeted crypti- And now we have the presi- fighting for a brighter future day in the classroom mander He Rongwei of China touched the surface there, po- cally as television networks dent implicated in that,” he -- not just for ourselves, but for to protest Aerospace Science and Tech- sitioning China as the first na- were consumed by the Cohen said. our children and our children’s nology Corp, the main state- tion to explore the area. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 07 ‘Yellow vest’ reloaded

A protestor wearing “yellow vest” (gilet jaune) holds a sign reading “austerity, Elysee Palace, Senates, deputies” near the A protestor wearing yellow vest during a demonstration against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes in Arc de Triomphe in Paris Mondeville near Caen, northwestern France Tear gas, mass arrests as new ‘yellow vest’ protests hit Paris with shouts of “Macron, resign”

some of whom who have be - Last weekend’s These past three Now we await Mr come increasingly radicalised, violence,• saw some 200 weeks have produced Macron. I hope he will are holding out for more. a monster that its speak to the people Protests at dozens of schools cars torched and the Arc over university reforms, and a de Triomphe vandalised creators no longer of France as a father, call by farmers for demonstra- control with love and respect tions next week, have added to Some 89,000 and that he will take a sense of general revolt. • strong decisions The hardline CGT union, hop- police were being ing to capitalise on the move- CASTANER CHRISTOPHE CHALENCON mobilised for protests INTERIOR MINISTER A SPOKESMAN FROM THE MOVEMENT ment, has called for rail and met- nationwide, including ro strikes next Friday to demand 8,000 police in Paris immediate wage and pension A riot police holds a flashball gun during a protest of Yellow vests increases. said the 30-year-old, who had shut. Department stores were Macron this week travelled down to Paris from the also closed due to the risk of ‘President of the rich’ gave• in to some of the Normandy port of Caen. and plunged Macron’s govern- Philippe on Friday evening looting on what would normally Macron’s decision early in protesters’ demands “I can’t let him live in a coun- ment into its deepest crisis so far. met a delegation of self-de - be a busy shopping weekend in his presidency to slash taxes on for measures to help try where the poor are exploit- “These past three weeks have scribed “moderate” yellow vests the run-up to Christmas. France’s wealthiest is particular- ed.” Coordinated “yellow vest” produced a monster that its cre- who urged people not to join the Foreign governments are ly unpopular with the protesters. the poor and struggling protests were taking place across ators no longer control,” Inte- protests. watching developments closely Arguing that such a move was middle classes the country on Saturday, includ- rior Minister Castaner said on A spokesman from the move- in one of the world’s most visited necessary in order to boost in- ing on numerous motorways, Friday, vowing “zero tolerance” ment, Christophe Chalencon, cities. vestment and create jobs, the Paris, France causing havoc on the national towards those aiming to wreak said Philippe had “listened to The US embassy issued a former investment banker has road network. further destruction. us and promised to take our de- warning to Americans in Paris so far ruled out re-imposing the Prime Minister Edouard mands to the president”. to “keep a low profile and avoid “fortune tax”. olice fired tear gas and Philippe said 481 people had “Now we await Mr Macron. I crowds”, while Belgium, Por- But the policy, along with arrested hundreds of been detained in Paris as police hope he will speak to the people tugal and the Czech Republic hikes on pensioners’ taxes, Ppeople in Paris yesterday carried out checks on people of France as a father, with love advised citizens to postpone any cuts in housing allowances and as the French capital went on arriving at train stations and and respect and that he will take planned visits. a string of comments deemed lockdown for the latest “yellow at protest hotspots such as the strong decisions,” he said. In a warning of impending insensitive to ordinary work- vest” protests against President Champs-Elysees and Bastille KNOW WHAT Philippe said some 89,000 po- violence, an MP for Macron’s ers, has led critics to label him a Emmanuel Macron. monument. lice were being mobilised for party, Benoit Potterie, received a “president of the rich”. Shouts of “Macron, resign” Among them were dozens ar- protests nationwide, including bullet in the post on Friday with Macron had previously mingled with the tear gas near rested for carrying masks, ham- 8,000 police in Paris, where a the words: “Next time it will be vowed to stay the course in the famous Champs-Elysees av- mers, slingshots and rocks that The protests began dozen armoured vehicles were between your eyes.” his bid to shake up the French enue, the scene last Saturday could be used to attack police. on November 17 being deployed for the first time economy and not be swayed by of the worst rioting in Paris for Shops, museums, the Eiffel with road blockades in decades. Macron’s U-turn mass protests that have forced decades. Tower and many metro stations Macron this week gave in to previous presidents to back against rising fuel Death threat A forklift truck driver who were closed, while top-flight prices but have some of the protesters’ demands down. gave his name as Denis said he football matches and concerts Shops around the for measures to help the poor The climbdown on higher fuel was planning, like others, to have been cancelled. since ballooned into Champs-Elysees boarded up and struggling middle classes, taxes -- which were intended march on Macron’s presidential Last weekend’s violence, a mass movement their windows and emptied including scrapping a planned to help France transition to a palace in anger against a leader which saw some 200 cars against Macron’s pol- them of merchandise on Friday, increase in fuel taxes and freez- greener economy -- marked a who they say only looks out for torched and the Arc de Tri - icies and top-down while the Louvre, Musee d’Or- ing electricity and gas prices major departure for the centrist the rich. “I’m here for my son,” omphe vandalised, shook France style of governing. say and other museums were in 2019. But the “yellow vests”, president. ‘The King’ of the road: German town puts Elvis on traffic lights Friedberg, Germany To commemorate the “Love ready has a giant Elvis statue on an Elvis festival every year. ross the road, it’s now or me Tender” singer’s link to a roundabout near the former It was in Bad Nauheim that Cnever. Or that’s what res- Friedberg, located north of US barracks. Elvis met his future wife Priscil- idents in the German town of Frankfurt, local authorities have “Elvis holds a special place la. The couple wed in the United Friedberg may start humming transformed three traffic lights here and that’s why he is hon- States in 1967 but divorced six when their traffic light jumps to into Elvis lights. oured and appreciated,” local years later. green to reveal a hip-swivelling On red, they show the music resident Heidi Huebner told AFP Elvis died unexpect - Elvis Presley. icon standing at his microphone. after she snapped a picture of edly in 1977 at just 42 The jailhouse rocker per - On green, Elvis is seen mid- the novelty traffic light. years old. formed his military service there hip shake, performing his trade- Although he served in Fried- German towns and cities have between 1958 and 1960 and the mark move on tip toes. berg, Elvis actually lived off-base a lively tradition in customising town remains all shook up about The town, which calls itself in the neighbouring town of Bad traffic lights, often to pay tribute its celebrated visitor. “the army home of Elvis”, al - A pedestrian trafic light customized with a dancing Elvis Presley Nauheim, which proudly holds to a famous resident. THERE IS ONLY ONE HAPPI- TODAY 1872 1892 1897 1905 QUOTE NESS IN THIS LIFE, TO LOVE DAY IN OF THE AND BE LOVED In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinch- English soccer club Activist Marguerite Durand- In France, the law sepa- DAY HISTORY backbecomes the first Afri- Newcastle United is founds the feminist daily news- rating church and state is GEORGE SAND can-Americangovernor of a founded paper La Fronde in Paris. passed. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 U.S. state.

Adam Tooze fragile financial system. Given this Adam Tooze is a professor helped to trigger the upsurge of the he European Union and It- delicate balance, there is little room of history at Columbia 5-Star Movement, which culminat- CAPTAIN’S CORNER aly have been in a standoff for error. Every opportunity must University and the author, ed with its taking 32pc of the vote over the Italian government’s be taken to lower the ratio of debt in March. T most recently, of “Crashed: TOP debt for weeks. Brussels — support- to gross domestic product. The European Commission can ed by the rest of the governments With the eurozone’s having ex- How a Decade of Financial hardly wish to repeat that cycle. of Europe — seems to believe that perienced a modest recovery since Crises Changed the World” On the back of its election vic- Rome will soon back down, deliv- 2013, and even Italy’s economy grow- tory, 5-Star was the senior partner TWEETS4 ering another victory for European ing again, the European Commission in the coalition formed in May. But Union discipline. But that’s far from argues that Italy should tighten its the balance of power has shifted. certain. Moreover, even if the Italian belt. Rome demurs. While 5-Star’s popularity has slid, CAPTAIN MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD government does fall into line, the Of course, no government wants support for the League has dou- How does the political consequences may prove to embrace cuts. But there is a more confrontation between Rome and bled to 34pc. The League is a party 01 disastrous for Europe. However basic point here: For the commission the commission so worrying. The of northern Italian small business. the drama ends, Europe is playing a to declare Italy fit to make budget game of chicken could easily spook It is far from keen on 5-Star’s plans dangerous game. The confrontation cuts just because the country has Adam Tooze the markets. to increase welfare for the south. A Guardians of began in October, when the govern- seen some growth is in glaring con- Currently, market confidence is League-dominated reshuffle that ment in Rome put forward a draft of tradiction to actual economic and Peterson Institute of International still supported by European Cen- dropped 5-Star’s expensive mini- its budget for 2019, which proposed political conditions. Economics, warn that Italy is caught tral Bank bond purchases. In 2019 mum-income guarantee would go the desert EU think this is an increase to Italy’s deficit. On Oct. Over the past 10 years, Italy’s in a trap: Anxieties about debt sus- the ECB’s outgoing president, Mario a long way to meeting the financial 23, the European Commission re- gross domestic product per capita tainability mean that any stimulus Draghi, a longtime advocate of Ital- demands of the European Commis- ohamed Salah is jected the budget — an unprece - has fallen. This decline is unique has the perverse effect of driving up ian discipline, is stopping the bank’s sion. The new government might s the National Day holiday ap - Mnow joint 9th with dented move. Since then, Brussels among large advanced economies. interest rates, squeezing bank lend- bond buying. Tension is set to rise. even find common ground with proaches, many families are making Philippe Coutinho and has initiated steps to penalize Italy (It is even worse than Japan’s infa- ing and reducing growth. The European Commission is, of Brussels on issues of “supply-side Aexcited plans to reconnect with Na- Steve McManaman in under the European Union’s strict mous lost decades.) And the suffer- During the eurozone crisis, econo- course, bound to defend its rules. reform.” That would no doubt re- ture through the annual ritual of camping. Liverpool all time Pre- excess-deficit rules. ing is extremely unevenly distribut- mists at Bocconi University in Milan But how does the European Union assure investors, but it would be a For Bahrainis, desert camping is a cele- mier League goalscorers going to end? Italy’s real financial problem, ed: More than 32pc of Italy’s young popularized the idea of “expansion- expect the confrontation to play out? disastrous outcome for the European bration of the Bedouin heritage that runs (41). He’s not even had 1 however, is not the annual budget people are unemployed. The gloom, ary austerity”: government spend- Brussels has a limited range of Union, handing a political victory to in our blood and for the past 20th century and a half seasons. shortfall but the country’s mountain disappointment and frustration are ing cuts stimulating confidence and sanctions at its disposal. Unlike Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime generation, it is a very different experience @DaveOCKOP of outstanding debt, running to a to- undeniable. For the commission to growth. The years after the financial Greece, which was a net recipient minister, who makes no secret of his than it was for their forefathers. Gone are tal of 2.6 trillion euros, most of which declare that this is a time for austeri- crisis showed how wrong that was. of European Union largesse, Italy is desire to remake Europe as an arena the sheepskin tents and the search for oasis In the was piled up decades ago by political ty flies in the face of a reality that for Now economists seem to have a new a net contributor to the European of neo-nationalist, nativist politics. that would provide water and trees to shel- parties that no longer exist. Today many Italians is closer to a personal meme: contractionary fiscal expan- Union’s budget. It won’t be easy to If strengthening the League is not ter from desert winds. 02 standoff the debt burden hovers around 133 and national emergency. sion, stimulus that negates itself by make penalties and fines stick. the commission’s intention, perhaps Today, thanks to technology and modern per cent of gross domestic product. The two parties that make up the undermining confidence and push- It will therefore have to be the Brussels is hoping for a tactical with- comforts, we have easy to set up durable over Italy’s Debts at this level can easily be- current Italian government, the ing up interest rates. markets that deliver the discipline. drawal by Rome. A face-saving com- tents made of tough plastic and even sepa- come unsustainable, growing faster League and the 5-Star Movement, Either way, these arguments are But that is a terrifying prospect: Not promise may yet be arranged over rate toilet facilities and our food and water debt, than the income necessary to repay were elected in March to address not decisive. Even on the European only is Italy’s debt huge, but Italy’s the expensive pension proposals. If is just a plastic bottle and a takeaway drive Brussels them. The debt is widely held by this crisis. The League is xenopho- Commission’s pessimistic assump- banks are not minnows, either. Italy the government crumbles, perhaps away. banks inside and outside Italy. A bic; 5-Star is erratic and zany. But tions, the deficits proposed by Rome is both too big to fail and too big to a new election might yield a more The government has really invested in is playing scenario in which Italy had difficulty the economic programs on which wouldn’t send the debt burden out bail. compliant majority. the Sakhir desert he idea of a Euro - meeting its financing needs would they campaigned are hardly out- of control. What would tip Italy So what is the game plan? If the But this is, to say the least, a high- camping area Tpean Military didn’t a vary deal a shattering blow to Europe’s landish. The League wants tax cuts into real crisis would be a sudden commission is gambling that the risk and negative strategy. Above all This is a great with dedicated work out too well in W.W. dangerous for its core constituency of small upward adjustment in yields not budget crisis will force Italy’s gov- it fails to address the deep sense of experience and campsite facili- I or 2. But the U.S. was businesses. The 5-Stars want a min- to 3pc but to 5pc or more. If that ernment to fold, what direction does crisis in Italy. If the European Un- one that everybody ties - yet, many there for you, and always game imum income guarantee for their were to happen, caused by a shock it imagine the government folding ion is determined to hold the line must be encouraged people prefer will be. All we ask is that voters in Italy’s poorer southern to the market’s confidence in Italy, in? on debt and deficits, it should of- to participate in. the thrill of set- you pay your fair share of regions. Both want to coddle Italy’s there would be an explosive surge in The last time Italy’s public debt fer something positive in exchange, ting up their own NATO. Germany is paying pensioners. These proposals will debt service costs. The government was in the eurozone’s spotlight was such as a common European invest- However, along campsites to en- 1% while the U.S. pays It will therefore increase the deficit. But at the same could find itself shut out of funding in the fall of 2011. Then, the resolu- ment and growth strategy or a more with taking the best joy the adven- 4.3% of a much larger have to be the time, Rome argues, they will deliver markets. Italy’s banks would require tion was political: Prime Minister cooperative approach to the refugee that Nature has to ture better. GDP - to protect Europe. markets that deliver a much-needed stimulus. support from the European Union. Silvio Berlusconi was toppled in question, which has driven the up- offer, we must also This is a great Fairness! the discipline. But How much stimulus is the key Help would be forthcoming only favor of the unelected technocrat surge in the League. If all Brussels respect the desert experience and @realDonaldTrump Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy, left, and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission during a question. after agreement on a deficit-cutting Mario Monti. Monti was the darling has to offer is discipline, it is inviting one that every- meeting in Brussels. that is a terrifying surroundings. prospect The Italian government’s budget package. Barring that, Italy could of the markets. But back home, pub- the remaking of Italian politics along body must be forecasts are optimistic. But others, find itself on the way out of the eu- lic outrage against the suspension lines that are more nationalist and encouraged to 03 including the Bank of Italy and the rozone. This risk is what makes the of normal democratic procedures more hostile to Europe. participate in. However, along with taking the best that Nature has to offer, we must also respect the desert surroundings. May people assume that because the out- ward appearance of the camp sites is full of very study confirms Australia’s misguided turn inward sand dunes and just a few small shrubs, tis it: confidence sells. is an empty space that they can leave behind E Trump is a confidence their garbage in. man. When the “no col- And so, we always find that campsites are A decade of political self-indulgence is leaving the country without a credible voice in Asia lusion” canard perma- full of discarded plastic and cans and bot- nently died yesterday, George Megalogenis politicians rise above their volatile and donesians are flexing their economic Australia’s political class remains tles, old carpets after a week end of revelry Morrison displayed neither it was certain Trump wealthy country that should be trivial domestic agendas to remain a leverage — and Asia is watching. haunted by the sins of its founding fa- – even toilet bowls are left behind. would go online and with well-placed to prosper as global quality in his handling of the regional leader? The evidence is not Morrison had hoped to use the summit thers. When the nation was formed in Rule No. #1 for a respectful approach to confidence claim vindi- power shifts toward Asia, Aus- embassy dispute. At home, it encouraging. meeting of Southeast Asian nations in 1901, the first significant piece of leg- camping is to never leave behind anything A cation--a claim no one tralia is stumbling into a crisis of rele- might have been excused as a We are reminded of our ambiguous Singapore last month, his first outing islation was the White Australia Policy, you have brought. Rule No. #2 is to never anywhere could possibly vance in the region. rookie error place in the Asia-Pacific each time we as leader on the regional stage, to sign a which banned immigration from Asia. bring anything that will threaten the del- credit. He knew it’d sell, The old Australian posture as an af- change leaders. Each new prime minis- free-trade agreement with the Indone- High tariffs were added to its cocktail of icate eco-system of the desert. Single-use anyway. fluent outlier in Asia with the stature to ter seems to blunder into a diplomatic sian president, Joko Widodo. But that national self-harm, and it took decades plastic like bags and cutlery and water bot- @SethAbramson do as it pleases — a country that could spat with our nearest neighbour, Indone- deal is paused until the prime minister to undo the economic and reputational tles are the biggest culprits but if you leave switch from being a regional bully on sia, the new rising economic star of Asia clarifies whether he intends to move damage. The last vestiges of racial se- them behind everything – even food that refugee policy to being a neighbour’s and the world’s largest Muslim-majority the embassy. lection in immigration were removed in decomposes and attracts vermin – becomes 04 best friend without being punished for country. Each unnecessary argument Joko has his own election to fight next 1973, and the tariff wall dismantled over an environmental burden. its double standard — is no longer viable. raises the risk of a more serious rupture year and cannot afford the perception the course of the 1990s. Of course, it is impossible for us to enjoy This is a crisis largely of our own mak- But our tawdry domestic politics un- between Canberra and Jakarta, as the at home that he has compromised the The present generation of members camping without what we consider basic ing. A decade of political self-indulgence dermines these natural advantages by politics of both countries are coarsened Palestinian cause. And so the history of of Parliament has known only the open comforts and these require us to bring along at home risks leaving us without a cred- corroding our global standing. Australia by their respective nationalist fringes. these two Asian neighbours repeats in economic and social model. Only a hand- many of these elements. How can we make ible voice in Asia. George Megalogenis has changed prime ministers five times Morrison, who became prime minister stalemate as short-term politics in both ful have any experience of the last reces- our camping experience greener? We can At a time when China, our major trad- since 2010, four times in party back- following the latest party coup in August, democracies prevents an easy resolution Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, right, and the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, at a sion, which ended in 1991. Many believe start by taking reusable crockery and ditch- ing partner, is ascendant and our tradi- Britain, but the politics of insularity room coups and only once at a general fell into this trap when he floated the to the dispute. recent meeting on the sidelines of an international summit in Singapore that slashing immigration is an antidote ing the plastic, avoiding the uprooting of any stand in solidarity with tional allies in the North Atlantic are in sends a dangerous message of disengage- election. idea of moving the Australian Embassy Australia has a direct stake in Indo- to problems of congestion in the big cit- shrubs to level the ground and most impor- IKevin Hart and with retreat, Australia should be stepping up ment to our neighbours, as they begin to Yet for all the churn, Parliament in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In- nesia’s success. Our overriding interest At home, it might have been excused minister at the time, Tony Abbott, re- ies. In New South Wales, for example, tantly, taking back used items and disposing every comedian who is as a champion of openness. But our pol- rewrite the rules for the international remains whiter, and more blinkered, donesia was embarrassed by the timing, is for Indonesia to remain an ally in the as a rookie error. But in the region, it fused to apologise. the conservative government is calling them carefully in designated garbage points. now deleting all of their iticians are turning inward, and now the order. than the increasingly Eurasian nation and outraged that it wasn’t consulted. fight against regional terrorism, and to reaffirmed a pattern of Australian insen- It took the better part of two years, for a halving of immigration to the state. Finally, do remember that the desert is old tweets. beleaguered conservative government of For now, Australia remains a role mod- it serves. Only one of the last six prime The Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad become an active partner in helping sitivity and unreliability. and the replacement of the abrasive But any gratuitous cut in immigration teeming with Nature – arid-zone creatures, @RobSchneider Scott Morrison is threatening to reduce el in the 21st century. We are a magnet ministers had any serious experience in Al Maliki, happened to be visiting Ja- check the unilateral impulses of China. Five years earlier, it became public Abbott with the cosmopolitan Malcolm threatens to cause a recession at home, insects and plants that are vital to the envi- immigration, our main engine of growth. for skilled migrants from across the re- foreign affairs before becoming leader. karta on the day of the announcement. The key to this engagement is open- that Australia’s intelligence agency had Turnbull as prime minister, to restore a and would be a reminder of that older ronment. It is as precious to the planet as Scaling back the number of immi - gion, and we enjoy large trade surpluses As power shifts to Asia, Australia can In previous disputes, Indonesians did ness and mutual respect. tapped the phone of the Indonesian full working relationship between the Australia that thought it could have it the Amazon rainforest and the oceans. And Disclaimer: (Views expressed grants we let into the country may bring with the big four economies of Asia: no longer afford the indulgence of a not have the clout to harm Australia’s Morrison displayed neither quality president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, countries. That work was undone by both ways: as an exporter to the region we are its guardians. by columnists are personal and us into line with the United States and China, Japan, India and South Korea. self-absorbed political class. Will our interests. This time, however, the In- in his handling of the embassy dispute. and his wife, Ani Yudhoyono. The prime Morrison. who didn’t want its people in return. (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Edi - need not necessarily reflect our tor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune) editorial stances)

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fragile financial system. Given this Adam Tooze is a professor helped to trigger the upsurge of the delicate balance, there is little room of history at Columbia 5-Star Movement, which culminat- CAPTAIN’S CORNER for error. Every opportunity must University and the author, ed with its taking 32pc of the vote be taken to lower the ratio of debt most recently, of “Crashed: in March. to gross domestic product. The European Commission can TOP With the eurozone’s having ex- How a Decade of Financial hardly wish to repeat that cycle. perienced a modest recovery since Crises Changed the World” On the back of its election vic- 2013, and even Italy’s economy grow- tory, 5-Star was the senior partner TWEETS4 ing again, the European Commission in the coalition formed in May. But argues that Italy should tighten its the balance of power has shifted. belt. Rome demurs. While 5-Star’s popularity has slid, CAPTAIN MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD Of course, no government wants support for the League has dou- to embrace cuts. But there is a more confrontation between Rome and bled to 34pc. The League is a party 01 basic point here: For the commission the commission so worrying. The of northern Italian small business. to declare Italy fit to make budget game of chicken could easily spook It is far from keen on 5-Star’s plans cuts just because the country has Adam Tooze the markets. to increase welfare for the south. A Guardians of seen some growth is in glaring con- Currently, market confidence is League-dominated reshuffle that tradiction to actual economic and Peterson Institute of International still supported by European Cen- dropped 5-Star’s expensive mini- political conditions. Economics, warn that Italy is caught tral Bank bond purchases. In 2019 mum-income guarantee would go the desert Over the past 10 years, Italy’s in a trap: Anxieties about debt sus- the ECB’s outgoing president, Mario a long way to meeting the financial gross domestic product per capita tainability mean that any stimulus Draghi, a longtime advocate of Ital- demands of the European Commis- ohamed Salah is has fallen. This decline is unique has the perverse effect of driving up ian discipline, is stopping the bank’s sion. The new government might s the National Day holiday ap - Mnow joint 9th with among large advanced economies. interest rates, squeezing bank lend- bond buying. Tension is set to rise. even find common ground with proaches, many families are making Philippe Coutinho and (It is even worse than Japan’s infa- ing and reducing growth. The European Commission is, of Brussels on issues of “supply-side Aexcited plans to reconnect with Na- Steve McManaman in mous lost decades.) And the suffer- During the eurozone crisis, econo- course, bound to defend its rules. reform.” That would no doubt re- ture through the annual ritual of camping. Liverpool all time Pre- ing is extremely unevenly distribut- mists at Bocconi University in Milan But how does the European Union assure investors, but it would be a For Bahrainis, desert camping is a cele- mier League goalscorers ed: More than 32pc of Italy’s young popularized the idea of “expansion- expect the confrontation to play out? disastrous outcome for the European bration of the Bedouin heritage that runs (41). He’s not even had 1 people are unemployed. The gloom, ary austerity”: government spend- Brussels has a limited range of Union, handing a political victory to in our blood and for the past 20th century and a half seasons. disappointment and frustration are ing cuts stimulating confidence and sanctions at its disposal. Unlike Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime generation, it is a very different experience @DaveOCKOP undeniable. For the commission to growth. The years after the financial Greece, which was a net recipient minister, who makes no secret of his than it was for their forefathers. Gone are declare that this is a time for austeri- crisis showed how wrong that was. of European Union largesse, Italy is desire to remake Europe as an arena the sheepskin tents and the search for oasis ty flies in the face of a reality that for Now economists seem to have a new a net contributor to the European of neo-nationalist, nativist politics. that would provide water and trees to shel- many Italians is closer to a personal meme: contractionary fiscal expan- Union’s budget. It won’t be easy to If strengthening the League is not ter from desert winds. 02 and national emergency. sion, stimulus that negates itself by make penalties and fines stick. the commission’s intention, perhaps Today, thanks to technology and modern The two parties that make up the undermining confidence and push- It will therefore have to be the Brussels is hoping for a tactical with- comforts, we have easy to set up durable current Italian government, the ing up interest rates. markets that deliver the discipline. drawal by Rome. A face-saving com- tents made of tough plastic and even sepa- League and the 5-Star Movement, Either way, these arguments are But that is a terrifying prospect: Not promise may yet be arranged over rate toilet facilities and our food and water were elected in March to address not decisive. Even on the European only is Italy’s debt huge, but Italy’s the expensive pension proposals. If is just a plastic bottle and a takeaway drive this crisis. The League is xenopho- Commission’s pessimistic assump- banks are not minnows, either. Italy the government crumbles, perhaps away. bic; 5-Star is erratic and zany. But tions, the deficits proposed by Rome is both too big to fail and too big to a new election might yield a more The government has really invested in the economic programs on which wouldn’t send the debt burden out bail. compliant majority. the Sakhir desert he idea of a Euro - they campaigned are hardly out- of control. What would tip Italy So what is the game plan? If the But this is, to say the least, a high- camping area Tpean Military didn’t landish. The League wants tax cuts into real crisis would be a sudden commission is gambling that the risk and negative strategy. Above all This is a great with dedicated work out too well in W.W. for its core constituency of small upward adjustment in yields not budget crisis will force Italy’s gov- it fails to address the deep sense of experience and campsite facili- I or 2. But the U.S. was businesses. The 5-Stars want a min- to 3pc but to 5pc or more. If that ernment to fold, what direction does crisis in Italy. If the European Un- one that everybody ties - yet, many there for you, and always imum income guarantee for their were to happen, caused by a shock it imagine the government folding ion is determined to hold the line must be encouraged people prefer will be. All we ask is that voters in Italy’s poorer southern to the market’s confidence in Italy, in? on debt and deficits, it should of- to participate in. the thrill of set- you pay your fair share of regions. Both want to coddle Italy’s there would be an explosive surge in The last time Italy’s public debt fer something positive in exchange, ting up their own NATO. Germany is paying pensioners. These proposals will debt service costs. The government was in the eurozone’s spotlight was such as a common European invest- However, along campsites to en- 1% while the U.S. pays increase the deficit. But at the same could find itself shut out of funding in the fall of 2011. Then, the resolu- ment and growth strategy or a more with taking the best joy the adven- 4.3% of a much larger time, Rome argues, they will deliver markets. Italy’s banks would require tion was political: Prime Minister cooperative approach to the refugee that Nature has to ture better. GDP - to protect Europe. a much-needed stimulus. support from the European Union. Silvio Berlusconi was toppled in question, which has driven the up- offer, we must also This is a great Fairness! How much stimulus is the key Help would be forthcoming only favor of the unelected technocrat surge in the League. If all Brussels respect the desert experience and @realDonaldTrump question. after agreement on a deficit-cutting Mario Monti. Monti was the darling has to offer is discipline, it is inviting surroundings. one that every- The Italian government’s budget package. Barring that, Italy could of the markets. But back home, pub- the remaking of Italian politics along body must be forecasts are optimistic. But others, find itself on the way out of the eu- lic outrage against the suspension lines that are more nationalist and encouraged to 03 including the Bank of Italy and the rozone. This risk is what makes the of normal democratic procedures more hostile to Europe. participate in. However, along with taking the best that Nature has to offer, we must also respect the desert surroundings. May people assume that because the out- ward appearance of the camp sites is full of very study confirms Australia’s misguided turn inward sand dunes and just a few small shrubs, tis it: confidence sells. is an empty space that they can leave behind E Trump is a confidence their garbage in. man. When the “no col- And so, we always find that campsites are A decade of political self-indulgence is leaving the country without a credible voice in Asia lusion” canard perma- full of discarded plastic and cans and bot- nently died yesterday, Australia’s political class remains tles, old carpets after a week end of revelry it was certain Trump haunted by the sins of its founding fa- – even toilet bowls are left behind. would go online and with thers. When the nation was formed in Rule No. #1 for a respectful approach to confidence claim vindi- 1901, the first significant piece of leg- camping is to never leave behind anything cation--a claim no one islation was the White Australia Policy, you have brought. Rule No. #2 is to never anywhere could possibly which banned immigration from Asia. bring anything that will threaten the del- credit. He knew it’d sell, High tariffs were added to its cocktail of icate eco-system of the desert. Single-use anyway. national self-harm, and it took decades plastic like bags and cutlery and water bot- @SethAbramson to undo the economic and reputational tles are the biggest culprits but if you leave damage. The last vestiges of racial se- them behind everything – even food that lection in immigration were removed in decomposes and attracts vermin – becomes 04 1973, and the tariff wall dismantled over an environmental burden. the course of the 1990s. Of course, it is impossible for us to enjoy The present generation of members camping without what we consider basic of Parliament has known only the open comforts and these require us to bring along economic and social model. Only a hand- many of these elements. How can we make ful have any experience of the last reces- our camping experience greener? We can Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, right, and the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, at a sion, which ended in 1991. Many believe start by taking reusable crockery and ditch- recent meeting on the sidelines of an international summit in Singapore that slashing immigration is an antidote ing the plastic, avoiding the uprooting of any stand in solidarity with to problems of congestion in the big cit- shrubs to level the ground and most impor- IKevin Hart and with At home, it might have been excused minister at the time, Tony Abbott, re- ies. In New South Wales, for example, tantly, taking back used items and disposing every comedian who is as a rookie error. But in the region, it fused to apologise. the conservative government is calling them carefully in designated garbage points. now deleting all of their reaffirmed a pattern of Australian insen- It took the better part of two years, for a halving of immigration to the state. Finally, do remember that the desert is old tweets. sitivity and unreliability. and the replacement of the abrasive But any gratuitous cut in immigration teeming with Nature – arid-zone creatures, @RobSchneider Five years earlier, it became public Abbott with the cosmopolitan Malcolm threatens to cause a recession at home, insects and plants that are vital to the envi- that Australia’s intelligence agency had Turnbull as prime minister, to restore a and would be a reminder of that older ronment. It is as precious to the planet as tapped the phone of the Indonesian full working relationship between the Australia that thought it could have it the Amazon rainforest and the oceans. And Disclaimer: (Views expressed president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, countries. That work was undone by both ways: as an exporter to the region we are its guardians. by columnists are personal and and his wife, Ani Yudhoyono. The prime Morrison. who didn’t want its people in return. (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Edi - need not necessarily reflect our tor-in-Chief of The Daily Tribune) editorial stances)

MIKE ORLOV for complaints, inquiries Customer Experience Management ustomers are the lifeblood of all enterprises. How we attempt to deliver customer experiences more often Provides faster This new system registration• and Cthan not defines how successful we are, as long as we complements the also focus on sales being profitable with positive cash flow. inquiry process series of consumer This process of strategically managing a customer’s entire ex- support initiatives, perience ought to encompass every aspect of the organisation; Automised which enables them through human resources, marketing, finance and operations connection• between - from first contact to after-sales servicing and ensuring the to submit a request customer is delighted and excited by our delivery. TRA, service providers for dispute resolution As a complete end-to-end journey, customer experience in the event that management is a series of reciprocal and sequential touch- Allows consumers the service provider points which cumulatively define a customer’s experience, be to• provide feedback fails to provide the it in-person, in their office, in your office, in-store, online or consumer with the over the phone. Linked closely with reputation management, influencing TDT | Manama appropriate solution identity, image and reputation, customer experience man - SHAIKH NASSER BIN MOHAMED AL KHALIFA agement targets how customers form conclusions about an ired of dropping calls, TRA’S ACTING GENERAL DIRECTOR organisation based on their interactions. If a customer’s ex- disconnecting, or lagging perience has been typified with lack of response to calls or Tnetwork? And no solu- emails, delayed communication, inaccurate information, poor tion in sight, even after making customer-service or dreadful handling of a complaint, it is likely multiple visits to your service through this portal beside the sumers to provide their views responses and updates accord- customers will form a low opinion of what you do, of your em- provider. TRA says it has an easy automated connection between on the resolutions provided by ing to a specified period. ployees, of your services and of your products. In a very short solution now through its newly TRA and the services providers. the service provider,” The acting TRA urges all consumers to time this can lead to expression of negative views damaging the integrated complaint and in- “This new system comple- General Director added. pursue its ongoing awareness reputation of the enterprise. quiry management system. ments the series of consumer Explaining, TRA’s Acting campaigns and directly com- Customer experience man- The system, according to TRA, support initiatives, which ena- Manager of Consumer Affairs municate with TRA through its agement is not so much a com- allows effective communication bles them to submit a request Amna Alghatam said, “This Consumer Call Center: 81188 for ponent of management, or a between TRA, consumers and for dispute resolution in the new system is a translation of more information and inquiries function of management. It is the telecommunications service event that the service provider the TRA’s strategic objectives about the request for dispute a series of expressions of the providers. fails to provide the consumer aimed at enabling consumers resolution process. As a complete end- values which the enterprise It includes a consumer portal with the appropriate solution,” to continuously and effectively TRA also requires consumers to-end journey, uses as the glue holding all where consumers can easily log said TRA’s Acting General Direc- communicate with TRA.” to view the Consumer Dispute customer experience stakeholders together. In this in and submit details of their tor Shaikh Nasser bin Mohamed TRA also held several training Regulation to be aware of the management is a respect, customer experience complaint and supporting docu- Al Khalifa. workshops for the service pro- procedures for the submission series of reciprocal management differs to custom- ments. The system also provides The move, Shaikh Nasser said, viders to explain the advantages of a dispute settlement request and sequential er relationship management, faster options for registration is in line with the Consumer of the new system. The work- and to benefit from this vital which is defined as practices, via email (Gmail) or Facebook Dispute Regulation which is shops focused on the updated and effective system for submit- touch-points which strategies and technologies to account, as all complaint and enforced this year. dispute submission mechanism, ting complaints and inquiries cumulatively define manage and analyse all cus - inquiry processes are managed “The system also enables con- the new features of monitoring through the TRA’s website. a customer’s experi- tomers interactions, reviewing ence, be it in-person, customer-data with the goal of in their office, in improving customer-service relationships, assisting in cus- The newly appointed board members your office, in-store, online or over the tomer-retention and driving of the Bahrain Association of sales growth. Customer expe- Radiologists for the period 2018- 2020 phone. rience management is much posing for a group photo. The new more holistic, impacting on all members are Dr Nawal Ibrahim Al areas of the organisation’s op- Hamar (President), Dr Mai Ibrahim Matar (Vice President), Dr Mariam erations, specifically treating Alkhaja (Gen. Sec), Dr Khaled each customer as an individual. Anwar Khan (member) and reserve If your values focus on getting back to customer-basics, if members: Dr Aisha Al Matwaa and you are committed to listening reflectively to your customers Dr Diari Hanari. They were elected and are prepared to generate new activities based on what during a meeting held at the society’s you hear, then you are well on the way to creating a customer headquarters in Juffair, under the experience management system which will deliver results. If supervision of Dr Nizar Bu Kamal you are not just selling one-off transactions but are committed as a representative of the Board of to repeat buying from each customer, then you will be looking Directors of the Association in the for the best possible touchpoints for each of your customers. Election Committee. Following the Key to expressing these values effectively to customers is elections, the new board agreed on the speed of your reaction; developing an agile and iterative holding more scientific conferences, approach, where you ensure speed and simplicity are processes awareness campaigns and medical underpinning customers’ experience of your service. forums to raise doctor’s efficiency If developing exceptional customer experiences are important for the enterprise (and why would this not be the case?), then it is also vital these processes and activities are operating within the enterprise. This ensures internal customers as well as external customers are experiencing and reacting positively to the enterprise. Ensure employees in the human relations department and the finance department know they are serv- ing other employees. This will mean your sales staff are very aware of the quality of service they need to deliver for external In biggest Indian IT deal, HCL Tech to customers. Sharing explicitly crafted values and training employees to value their customers and treat each one with respect will acquire IBM software for $1.8 billion greatly improve customer experience and build loyalty within Reuters | Mumbai/Bengaluru the enterprise and with external customers. it a larger clientele and allowing a run-rate basis, though sales The fall knocked some $1.5 The starting point for customer experience is focusing on it to step up its presence in ar- would take a roughly $25 mil- billion off the market value of the individual customer, sweating the small stuff and searching CL Technologies will buy eas such as commerce, security, lion hit in the first year. the company chaired by India’s for competitive differentiation in a world where competition is Hsome software assets from and marketing — an over $50 Shares in HCL, which lags big- sixth-richest person Shiv Nadar. increasing, where products are much more commoditised, and US-based IBM Corp for $1.8 billion market opportunity that ger local rivals Tata Consultancy Some IT analysts said the deal where technology offers new ways of engaging with customers billion, the companies said on the Indian firm said would help Services (TCS) and Infosys in did not make strategic sense for but also makes it easy for your competitors to copy you. Friday, marking the largest pur- boost profits. big data, analytics and cloud HCL over the long term because chase ever by an Indian IT ser- The deal will also help HCL computing, tumbled as much it already maintained a partner- (Mike Orlov is a Partner at Stepping Stone Global, a Bah- vices firm. collect additional revenue of as 7.7 percent on Friday to their ship with IBM for a bulk of the rain-based boutique strategic management consultancy. He HCL Tech will buy seven soft- about $650 million in the sec- lowest since July 6 after the deal products it was buying and was is also a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Manage- ware platforms from IBM, giving ond year of the acquisition on was announced. overpaying for the purchase. ment. Email: [email protected]) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 11 Huawei exec faces US charges linked to Iran

ing the United States over the Meng has been past year since becoming aware • China calls on Canada of the investigation into the accused of “conspiracy matter, arguing that she has to defraud multiple no ties to Canada and has ac - financial institutions” to free Meng or face cess to vast wealth and political and if convicted connections -- and thus poses a severe consequences flight risk. faces more than 30 Meng’s detention in Canada years in prison Reuters | Beijing/Ottawa with a maximum sentence of 30 came on the day of a summit years for each charge. at which US President Donald She is specifically hina warned Canada yes- No decision was reached at Trump and his Chinese coun- accused• of lying to a Cterday that there would be the extradition hearing after terpart Xi Jinping agreed to a severe consequences if it did nearly six hours of arguments truce in the escalating trade dis- US bank, identified not immediately release Hua- and counter-arguments, and pute between the two economic by her lawyer as wei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief the hearing was adjourned until powerhouses. “Hong Kong Bank financial officer, calling the case Monday. China says Meng -- the “extremely nasty.” In a short statement, China’s daughter of Huawei founder AFP | Vancouver, Canada Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s Foreign Ministry said that Vice Ren Zhengfei, a former engi- global chief financial officer, Foreign Minister Le Yucheng neer in China’s People’s Liber- was arrested in Canada on Dec. had issued the warning to re- ation Army -- has violated no hinese telecom giant Hua- 1 and faces extradition to the lease Meng to Canada’s ambas- laws in Canada or the United wei’s chief financial of- United States. sador in Beijing, summoning States and has demanded her Cficer faces US fraud charg- The executive is the daughter him to lodge a “strong protest.” release. Washington and Beijing es related to sanctions-breaking of the founder of Huawei. Adam Austen, a spokesman have exchanged steep tariffs on business dealings with Iran, a If extradited to the United for Canadian Foreign Minister more than $300 billion in total Canadian court heard Friday, States, Meng would face charg- Chrystia Freeland, said Satur- two-way trade, locking them in a week after she was detained es of conspiracy to defraud mul- day there is “nothing to add a conflict that has begun to eat on an American extradition re- tiple financial institutions, a beyond what the Minister said into profits. quest. Canadian court heard on Friday, yesterday”. Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou (file) Trump tweeted Friday that Meng Wanzhou, 46, was ar- negotiations to defuse the rested in Canada’s Pacific coast journed until Monday, when the more than 30 years in prison. iary, SkyCom, when in fact “Sky- but the company was later sold, high-stakes dispute were “go- city of Vancouver on December judge is expected to render a She is specifically accused of Com is Huawei,” Gibb-Carsley said her lawyer David Martin. ing very well,” but the messages 1 while changing planes dur- decision on bail. Until then, she lying to a US bank, identified said, putting the bank in jeop- US authorities, however, claim since Meng’s arrest have been ing a trip from Hong Kong to will remain in custody. by her lawyer as “Hong Kong ardy of violating sanctions. Sky- Huawei continued to control mixed, roiling global stock Mexico -- ratcheting up tensions Canadian government lawyer Bank,” about the use of a cov- Com’s alleged sanctions breach- the company, with Gibb-Carsley markets. between the United States and John Gibb-Carsley asked for bail ert subsidiary to sell to Iran in es occurred from 2009 to 2014, noting that SkyCom employees Her appearance at the Brit- China just as the countries’ lead- to be denied, saying Meng has breach of sanctions. while Meng’s alleged fraudulent continued to carry Huawei iden- ish Columbia Supreme Court ers agreed to a truce in their been accused of “conspiracy to Meng had personally denied to misrepresentations were in 2013. tification and use its email. in Vancouver is a prelude to an trade war. defraud multiple financial insti- bankers any direct connections Meng had been a member of He suggested that Meng has extradition process that could A day-long hearing was ad- tutions” and if convicted faces between Huawei and the subsid- SkyCom’s board a decade ago, also shown a pattern of avoid- take months. New BIA terminal: Trials to begin in Feb Japan enacts law to accept foreign workers

Minister Kamal Ahmed with other top officials during a group photo session Parliament members of the ruling party vote during a plenary session of the upper house at parliament in Toky TDT | Manama passenger experience, adheres have made significant pro - to the highest international gress and are entering a very perational readiness trials standards, and can accommo- important stage.” workers in construction, food Oof Bahrain International date the increased capacity of 14 BAC Chief Executive Officer, Tokyo, Japan services, nursing and other Airport’s (BIA) new Passenger The trials, which million passengers a year when Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah, designated sectors for five Terminal Building will begin in mark major it launches in Q3 2019,” the min- representatives from Bahrain apanese Prime Minister years. February next year, said Minis- milestone in ister said. Civil Aviation Affairs ( CAA), JShinzo Abe’s ruling coali- “We aim at starting it in April ter Kamal Ahmed. the Airport The trial includes travel pro- Bahrain Customs, the Minis- tion early yesterday rammed next year because we need to The trials, Kamal Ahmed, the Modernisation cedures (check-ins), security try of Interior’s Airport Police, through legislation to bring swiftly launch the new system Minister of Transportation and Programme, will screening, customs, and various Nationality, Passport, and Resi- more blue-collar foreign in order to deal with the cur- Telecommunications and Bah- other operational processes. dence Affairs, BAC, and Fraport workers into the country, in a rent labour shortage,” Abe told rain Airport Company ( BAC) help to ensure The trials also involve all air- AG Frankfurt Airport Services controversial move to address parliament on Thursday. Chairman said, will continue the new terminal port stakeholders, including air- Worldwide were present during chronic labour shortages. But opposition parties until September and will test delivers the lines, authorised agencies, gov- the meeting. The bill was enacted after claimed that the law fails to the readiness of the airport’s best passenger ernment agencies, service pro- The committee was briefed the upper house gave approval address the potential impact main systems and ensure that experience viders, and suppliers to make on the project’s latest develop- despite a raft of criticism by on Japanese society of new the operators are properly sure they understand what is ments, including the IT systems opposition parties following foreign labour, and does not trained. required to ensure a safe and being implemented at the new its passage through the lower protect foreign workers’ rights. This was revealed during a KAMAL AHMED seamless travel experience for terminal. They also discussed house in late November. Both n a bid to block its passage, meeting of the National Oper- airport users. the incoming baggage screening chambers are controlled by opposition parties submitted ations Readiness and Airport major milestone in the Airport The Airport Modernisa - and handling facilities as well Abe’s ruling camp. censure motions against Abe Transfer (ORAT) Steering Com- Modernisation Programme, tion Programme, the min - as regulations, procedures, and Under the new system, the and Justice Minister Takashi mittee. will help to ensure that the ister said, is now 70 per cent other technical inspections re- government plans to bring in Yamashita, but they were eas- “The trials, which mark a new terminal delivers the best complete, which means “we quired for travel. as many as 345,000 foreign ily rejected by the ruling bloc. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 12

Uber filed paperwork for IPO: report China surplus with Washington, United States ide-share company RUber quietly filed paperwork this week for its initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. The move comes one day US hits new record after rival Lyft launched the process to take the company 38pc on-year, to 5.4 million public with a stock offering. The ballooning tonnes for the month, the data The Journal, citing un- • showed. named sources familiar trade deficit with China The trade surplus with the with the matter, said that is a particularly sore US expanded to $293.5bn for Uber could go public as point for Trump January-November, up from soon as the first quarter, $251.3bn during the same peri- while Lyft is targeting its China’s exports to od last year. market debut for March or • April 2019. the US rose 9.8 per Global trade Uber, which operates in cent for November China’s overall trade -- what over 60 countries, is in a on-year, while imports it buys and sells with all coun- race with Lyft to be the first for the month fell 25pc tries, including the US -- logged to enter the market. a $44.7bn surplus in Novem - Company CEO Dara Khos- on-year, the data ber, up from $35bn the previous rowshahi had mentioned month, the data showed. since joining Uber in late AFP | Beijing, China But growth of exports and August 2017 that he was imports slowed from October, hoping for an IPO in the first hina’s trade surplus with with exports rising 5.4pc for half of 2019. the United States bal - November on-year, short of Clooned to a record $35.6 the 9.4pc forecast by Bloomb- billion in November, official data erg News, and imports rising showed Saturday, as exports 3.0pc on-year, also below the German farmers across the Pacific remained forecast. strong despite a raft of US tariffs The sagging export and im- sue government while imports shrank. port growth is another bad sign over missed climate Relations between the world’s A cargo ship is seen at a port in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province for China’s economy, which top two economies continue to grew at its slowest pace for nine targets be tense despite a trade war trade in goods between the two on-year, while imports for the in the final months of the year as years in the third quarter, ex- Vetschau, Germany truce struck between US Pres- nations threatens to further de- month fell 25pc on-year, the data the harvest hits the market and panding 6.5pc on-year for Ju- ident Donald Trump and his rail prospects for a trade deal from China’s customs adminis- beans from competitor Brazil ly-September. ismayed by the German counterpart President Xi Jin- during a 90-day negotiation pe- tration showed. dry up. While exports to the US have Dgovernment’s failure to ping last week. riod. American farmers have been But this year, Chinese buy- held up so far this autumn, the meet climate protection tar- Trump and figures in his ad- The ballooning trade defi- hit particularly hard by the trade ers have passed on US soybeans row has sapped confidence. gets, dairy farmer Heiner ministration have said China cit with China is a particularly tensions. Trump tweeted this which face a 25pc border tax The Shanghai composite Luetke Schwienhorst has would immediately start buying sore point for Trump, who cam- week that China would begin upon import, part of the $50 stock index has fallen by about filed a lawsuit against Berlin US goods in bulk, but Beijing has paigned on turning around the buying products from US farm- billion in US goods Beijing hit one-quarter from its January to force it into action. refrained from confirming those situation. ers “immediately”. with higher duties this summer high, while the yuan has slipped “Some describe this claims. China’s exports to the US Usually Chinese buyers have in retaliation for US tariffs. about nine percent against the as a fight between David The increasingly lopsided rose 9.8 per cent for November snapped up American soybeans China’s soybean imports fell dollar. and Goliath. To me, that’s besides the point,” said Schwienhorst, who suf- Her Highness Shaikha Hessa Bint fered his poorest harvest in Khalifa Al Khalifa, Chairwoman three decades after a record of INJAZ Bahrain during an award drought. ceremony held to honour the victory “The attitude of political of Royal University for Women team representatives, the way “TaaWin” who has represented the Kingdom of Bahrain in the 12th Annual they trivialise climate tar- Young Entrepreneurs Competition held gets by giving up what they in Kuwait and won the Product of the have set, is something that Year Award. The honouring ceremony we need to bring to politi- took place in the Royal University cal accountability. That is for Women campus located in West important,” he said. Riffa. The winning team’s members Together with two other are Alaa Shafeei, Fatema Assad, Asma farmers and Greenpeace, Almulhem, Marwa Haider, Razan Jamal Schwienhorst has launched and Maryam Algaoud a challenge against the Ger- man government for having “given up” trying to achieve cuts in greenhouse gas emissions set out under its own climate target, Brazil denies Total license to Sinatra auction fetches $9.2 mln in NY as well as under European New York, United States law. drill near Amazon mouth were snapped up, attracting A dairy farmer near Ham- Brasília, Brazil lems” identified during the 300 bidders from more than 30 burg and a livestock farmer application process. t was definitely “All” rath- countries, the auction house on the North Sea island of razil’s environmental reg- It explained that the deci- Ier than “Nothing at All” at a announced. Pellworm have joined the Bulator on Friday denied sion was based “on the deep Frank Sinatra auction in New Up for grabs was furniture, first such lawsuit to seek French oil giant Total a license uncertainties” detected in an York, where items owned by art and personal effects dating “climate protection, not to drill for crude in five blocks emergency plan presented, the late icon and his fourth wife back to the couple’s 22-year monetary compensation”. near the mouth of the Amazon “aggravated by the possibility fetched $9.2 million, Sotheby’s marriage -- art and furniture Berlin had pledged to take river. of an oil spill that may affect said Friday. And 99 per cent of from their homes in Palm action to slash greenhouse Regulatory agency Ibama the coral reef present in the re- the lots, spread out this week A 10.62-Carat Fancy Vivid Blue Springs, Los Angeles and Mal- gas emissions in Germany said the license was denied gion and by extension marine in the US financial and enter- Diamond Ring, estimated to sell for ibu -- as well as scripts and by 40 percent by 2020 com- “due to a set of technical prob- biodiversity.” tainment capital, and online, $20/30 Million screenplays. pared to 1990 levels. Facebook adds $9 billion to share buyback programme San Francisco, United States ing social network said it added “does not have an expiration image-sharing application has acebook said Friday it would to a $15 billion share repurchase date,” the filing said, adding that taken up some of that slack. Fadd $9 billion to its stock program began in 2017. Facebook has become the world’s biggest social shares may be repurchased on Facebook also operates the buyback programme, which Facebook shares have slid network with more than two billion users, but has the open market or through pri- WhatsApp and Messenger ap- could scoop up shares pumme- more than 30 per cent in the past drawn scrutiny in the US and elsewhere over pri- vately negotiated transactions. plications, each with more than led over the past few months by few months amid heightened vacy practices and manipulation of its platform. The Facebook application has a billion users, and sells Oculus privacy scandals and a slump on scrutiny of the company and a fallen out of favor among young virtual reality gear. This year it Wall Street. bruising stock market. audiences in the US, according launched a video chat device In a regulatory filing, the lead- The repurchase programme to surveys, but its Instagram called Portal. 13 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018

MORTAL ENGINES 3.30 PM WIDOWS (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILL- (15+) (CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) ROBOT 2.0 ER) NEW VIOLA DAVIS, MICHELLE RODRIGUZ, (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER/SCI- HUGO WEAVING, HERA HILMAR, ELIZABETH DEBICKI Drake, Lamar lead ROBERT SHEEHAN FICTION/DRAMA) DAILY AT: 2.00 + 6.45 + 11.30 PM OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT (ATMOS): 12.15 + RAJINIKANTH, AKSHAY KUMAR, 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM AMY JACKSON 16-FANTASTIC BEASTS: DAILY AT (VIP): 12.30 + 3.00 + 5.30 + 8.00 OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT (HINDI): 11.30 + 10.30 PM AM + 5.00 + 10.30 PM THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD CITYCENTRE DAILY AT (IMAX 2D): 12.30 + DAILY AT (3D) (TAMIL): 10.30 AM + 1.15 + (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/ Grammy noms 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM 4.15 + 7.15 + 10.15 PM FANTASY) DAILY AT: (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) CITYCENTRE DAILY AT (3D) (HINDI): 11.00 EDDIE REDMAYNE, KATHERINE Drake DAILY AT (ATMOS): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM Reuters | Los Angeles di B’s “Invasion of Privacy,” + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MN DAILY AT (3D) (TAMIL): 11.00 AM + 2.00 + WATERSTON, DAN FOGLER Janelle Monae’s “Dirty Com- DAILY AT (VIP I): 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 appers Kendrick Lamar puter”, folk singer Brandi + 11.00 PM SEEF (II) DAILY AT (3D) (HINDI): 11.00 AM + 8.30 + 11.15 PM and Drake led Grammy Carlile’s “By the Way, I For - SEEF (II) DAILY AT: (12.45 MN THURS/FRI) + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM Award nominations on give You,” country singer Kacey SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + DAILY AT (3D) (TAMIL): 11.30 AM + 2.30 + VENOM R 9.00 + 11.45 PM 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) Friday, but Cardi B, Lady Gaga, Musgraves’ “Golden Hour” and Brandi Carlile and American newcomer H.E.R.’s self-titled SAAR DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + SEEF (I) DAILY AT (HINDI): 10.30 AM + 1.00 TOM HARDY, MICHELLE WILLIAMS, (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) + 4.00 + 7.00 + 10.00 PM newcomer H.E.R helped make “H.E.R”. RIZ AHMED WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + DAILY AT (TAMIL): 10.30 AM + 4.30 + it a female-dominated line-up Rapper Post 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM 10.30 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 4.30 + 9.15 PM for the year’s top prizes in the Malone’s “Beer- DAILY AT (TELGU): 1.30 + 7.30 PM THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH music industry. bongs & Bent - AL HAMRA DAILY AT (TELGU): 12.00 + NIGHT SCHOOL Ten-time Grammy winner leys” and the 3.00 PM GRACE (PG-15) (COMEDY) Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Aria- soundtrack to hit DAILY AT (TAMIL): 6.00 + 9.00 PM + (12.00 KEVIN HART, TIFFANY HADDISH, movie “Black Pan- (18+) (THRILLER/HORROR) NEW MN THURS/FRI) na Grande and Camila Cabello ROB RIGGLE were among the biggest snubs ther,” which was SHAY MITCHELL, STANA KATIC, WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT (3D) (HINDI): 2.00 in top categories that were produced by Lamar, LOUIS HERTHUM + 7.30 + 11.00 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.15 + 4.30 + 8.45 PM dominated by hip-hop and R&B. round out the album OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.15 + 4.45 + CREED II 9.15 + 11.15 PM Canada’s Drake, the most- of the year field. (PG-13) (DRAMA/ACTION/SPORT) EL BADLAH streamed artist of 2018, won Lamar, the first CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.00 + (PG-13) (ARABIC/COMEDY) 3.00 + 5.00 + 7.00 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM + (1.00 TESSA THOMPSON, MICHAEL B. eight nominations, including al- rapper to win a Pu- AM THURS/FRI) JORDAN, SYLVESTER STALLONE TAMER HOSNY, AKRAM HOSNI, bum of the year for “Scorpion,” litzer Prize for mu- SAAR DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + MAJED EL MASRY, AMINA KHALIL and both song and record of the sic, Drake, Cardi B OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + (11.30 PM THURS/FRI) 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 2.30 + 6.45 + year for his single “God’s Plan.” and Carlile also WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 11.00 PM Five of the expanded eight garnered nomi- 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM + 9.00 + 11.45 PM + (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) nominees in the album of the nations for re- COLETTE GREEN BOOK SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 year race were women - Car- cord of year. + 6.30 + 9.15 PM + 12.00 MN (18+) (CRIME/THRILLER/DRAMA) NEW (PG-15) (COMEDY/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, ELEANOR NEW SAAR DAILY AT: 12.30 + 5.45 + (11.00 PM THURS/FRI) TOMLISON, DOMINIC WEST VIGGO MORTENSEN, MAHERSHALA ALI, LINDA CARDELLINI WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 2.00 + 6.45 + 11.30 PM 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 BERNIE THE DOLPHIN VIPs arrive at pre-wedding bash for Ambani’s daughter + 6.00 + 11.00 PM RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG) (ADVENTURE/FAMILY) NEW CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COM- Reuters | New Delhi 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM EDY) LOLA SULTAN, LOGAN ALLEN SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 4.00 + JOHN C. REILLY, SARAH SILVARMAN, SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.15+3.15 ozens of chartered planes 9.00 PM GAL GADOT + 5.15 PM carrying celebrities, includ- SAAR DAILY AT: 3.15 + 8.30 PM OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT (KIDS CINEMA): WEDY ATKALAM ing former U.S. secretary of WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 5.00 3.45 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 10.30 PM D + 10.30 PM (PG) (ARABIC/KUWAITI/COMEDY/ state Hillary Clinton, flew into a CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + DRAMA) NEW sleepy airport in western India for 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM BEN IS BACK KHALID AL-BURAIKI, LAILA the lavish pre-wedding festivities (15+) (DRAMA) NEW SAAR DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 PM ABDULLAH, JASIM AL- NABHAN for the daughter of India’s richest JULIA ROBERTS, LUCAS HEDGES, man WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 3.30 + 7.45 COURTNEY B. VANCE 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 PM Isha Ambani, 27, daughter of Re- PM + 12.00 MN OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 1.45 + 6.30 + liance Industries chairman Mukesh 11.15 PM ROBIN HOOD RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET Ambani, will marry Anand Piramal, CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/ 33, in Mumbai next Wednesday, but + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM TARON EGERTON, EVE HEWSON, COMEDY) the celebrations began this week- SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM JAMIE FOXX JOHN C. REILLY, SARAH SILVARMAN, end in the desert city of Udaipur, SAAR DAILY AT: 9.00 + (11.15 PM THURS/ OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 2.30 + 8.00 PM GAL GADOT with feasts, singing and dancing, FRI) Hillary Clinton poses with Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 and other pre-wedding rituals. WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 12.00 + 4.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM 9.30 PM +6.00 + 8.15 + 10.30 PM Security was beefed up as the several times both in India and in Mumbai, she dined with the SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM high-profile guests started arriving abroad, according to media reports. Ambanis at their 27-floor Antilia KEDARNATH + 12.00 MN THE GRINCH at Udaipur’s airport, said a source Then President Bill Clinton held residence - one of the world’s most (G) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/ (PG-15) (HINDI/DRAMA/ROMANTIC) INSTANT FAMILY at the scene, who asked not to meetings in India with the Amban- expensive homes, according to lo- COMEDY) NEW (PG-15) (COMEDY) be identified. Outside, they were is, including deceased founder and cal media. ANGELA LANSBURY, BENEDICT SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT, SARA ALI MARK WAHLBERG, ROSE BYRNER, awaited by luxury sedans driven by Mukesh’s father Dhirubhai Amba- Many other top industrialists, KHAN, NITISH BHARADWAJ CUMBERBATCH, RASHIDA JONES chauffers wearing white uniforms ni, just before and after he left the politicians, sports and Bollywood OCTAVIA SPENCER OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 4.00 SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 1.15 + 5.15 + 9.15 PM and colourful Rajasthani turbans. presidency in 2000-2001. stars descended in Udaipur yester- + 8.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 3.30 + 8.30 PM The Clintons and the Ambanis In March this year, when Hillary day to join what has been dubbed CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + THE POSSESSION OF have an association that goes back Clinton visited India to deliver a locally “the big, fat Indian wed- + 8.30 + 11.15 PM 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN more than 18 years and have met keynote speech at a conference ding.” DAILY AT (VIP II): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + HANNAH GRACE FAHRENHEIT 11/9 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM (18+) (THRILLER/HORROR) NEW (15+) (DOCUMENTARY) NEW SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 1.30 + 6.30 + 11.30 PM SHAY MITCHELL, STANA KATIC, DAVIUD HOGG, MICHAEL MOORE, WADI AL SAIL DAILY AT: 2.15 + 7.00 + LOUIS HERTHUM ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ 11.45 PM Amber Heard doesn’t MacGowan responds SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 3.15 + 8.15 PM BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN + (1.00 to ‘Christmas...’ song CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 6.30 + 9.00 + (15+) (MUSICAL/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) AM THURS/FRI) want to talk about 11.30 PM row RAMI MALEK, LUCY BOYNTON, KEDARNATH SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 1.00 + 5.15 + 9.30 PM GWILYM LEE (PG-15) (HINDI/DRAMA/ Johny Depp IANS | London WHITNEY OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT: 2.15 + 6.45 PM ROMANTIC) NEW IANS | London (15+) (DOCUMENTARY/MUSICAL/BIOG- SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT, SARA fter getting criticised JOHNNY ENGLISH RAPHY) NEW ALI KHAN, NITISH BHARADWAJ ctress Amber Heard feels “right” Afor using ‘homophobic’ WHITNEY HOUSTON, BOBBY BROWN, that she got separated from her for- lyrics in his song “Fairytale STRIKES AGAIN SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + A CISSY HOUSTON 8.45 + 11.30 PM mer husband and actor Johnny Depp in of New York”, singer Shane (PG) (COMEDY/ACTION/ADVENTURE) DAILY AT: 12.45 + 5.45 + 10.45 PM 2017. MacGowan defended himself ROWAN ATKINSON, OLGA AANAKALLAN SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.30 AM + 4.15 + KURYLENKO, EMMA THOMPSON In an interview to hollywoodreporter. saying the word was used to 9.00 PM (PG-13) (MALAYALAM) NEW com, Amber said : “I’m not going to talk make the character’s dialogue CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 12.00 + 2.00 + BIJU MENON, SIDDIQUE, about Johnny. I’m more interested in talk- sound authentic. CATS 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN SURAJ VENJARAMOODU ing about the work I’m doing and the things MacGowan’s song recently (G) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 11.15 AM + 3.15 + 7.15 SEEF (I) DAILY AT: 3.00 + 8.45 PM I feel proud of. I stood up for myself, for came under fire when two RTE NEW + 11.15 PM LI YUFENG, YANG WEI, ZHOU what was right.” radio DJ’s criticised the use of HUNTER KILLER EVANUKKU ENGEYO MATCHAM HUAIJAN, ZHANG WEI IRUKKU Amber got married to Johnny Depp in 2015 the word “f****t”. They found (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER) (15+) (TAMIL) NEW and in 2017, they divorced amid accusations that the lyrics as being insensitive OASIS JUFFAIR DAILY AT (KIDS CINEMA): GERARD BUTLER, GARY OLDMAN, Depp had been abusive. After separation, she to the gay community, claiming 10.30 AM + 12.15 + 2.00 PM COMMON MIYA RAI, VIMAL, ASHNA ZAVERI Amber also donated her entire $7 million settlement to that the word was a “slur”, and CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + SEEF (I) STARTING FROM FRIDAY 7TH: 2.30 + 4.30 PM CITYCENTRE DAILY AT: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + Heard the ACLU and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, suggested the song should be 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM 12.15 + 6.00 + 11.45 PM reported metro.co.uk. censored. SEEF (II) DAILY AT: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 14 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 sports Ironman hits new world record Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt defended his championship as he set new record in the event

Blummenfelt Triumphant return for completed• the race in 3:28:04 hours which Lawrence in Bahrain is a world best TDT | Manama TDT | Manama olly Lawrence took a Hwire-to-wire win at the he Middle East Ironman Ironman 70.3 Middle East 70.3 Bahrain Champion- Championship Bahrain yes- Tship held yesterday hit terday, defending her title and a new world record among the making a statement in her first other ironman championships, race back in eight months. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al The British athlete broke Khalifa announced. the finish tape in three hours, Norway’s Kristian Blummen- 59 minutes, 20 seconds. She felt has set a new world best showed no signs of weakness time after racing to victory in from the broken ankle that Bahrain, successfully defending had required surgery knocked his Middle East Championship her out of competition since title in the process. Ironman 70.3 Oceanside back There was also another heroic in April. display from Great Britain’s Hol- Lawrence emerged from the ly Lawrence, who joined Blum- 1.9-kilometer swim leg in 22:10, menfelt by defending her 2017 more than a minute ahead of Holly Lawrence at the finish line title after seeing off the gutsy Ellie Salthouse of Australia. challenge of compatriot Sarah After the 90-kilometer cy- world record on the men’s side. Lewis, cheered on by thousands cle course (2:10:43), she had David Plese finished 12th with of fans on a thrilling race day in grown that lead to two minutes a 3:52:56. Terenzo Bozzone the Middle East. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa with winners and 30 seconds. But behind her, pulled out of the race on the But it was the powerful dis- fellow Brit Sarah Lewis was bike leg, tank fully exhaust- play from the Bergen-born it out as they moved into the flying and making up ground, ed after two consecutive race Blummenfelt that captured the Bahrain International Circuit, bumping Salthouse down to weekends including an Iron- imagination on a near-perfect famous for its annual Formu- third place before running man. day conditions-wise in Bah - la 1 race, with the lead chang- out of road. Lawrence held on “I really was hopeful I would rain. His official time of 3:29:04 ing hands between Iden and to the lead in the concluding be able to finish the year on a beat the previous world best Blummenfelt, before the latter half-marathon leg (1:21:55) to high here in Bahrain, but when of 3:34:04, held by Germa - emerged at the front from T2. hold a 53-second lead ahead I pulled the pin at six kilom- ny’s Michael Raelert, by five A gruelling 21.1km run course of Lewis. eters on the bike, I just had minutes. awaited, and Iden was in no “I really wasn’t sure about nothing… I just had to say it After exiting the swim course mood to give up the fight and my fitness coming in,” said was not my day today, live to in sixth place, some 38 seconds led the way in the early stag - Lawrence. “I knew I was fight another one. No regrets, adrift of the leader Eric Watson, es. However, Blummenfelt was healthy enough to compete, so I enjoy coming to Bahrain and Blummenfelt quickly got him- refusing to hand over the title I couldn’t be happier especially hanging out with the team.” self into contention on the bike he won so memorably in 2017, at one of my favorite races.” Jan Frodeno (swim), Alistair leg, taking the lead after 28km and by the 13.5km stage he was She continued, “It was a fast Brownlee (cycle), and local in front of his fellow country- back in front, a lead he never course, but you’re only as good Bahrain runner raced as part men Caspar Stornes and Gustav relinquished. The 24-year-old as the competition. I wasn’t too of a team. Earlier in the week, Iden, as well as Britain’s Adam finished the race with an average happy with my bike but I’m the six Bahrain Endurance Bowden. kilometre split of three minutes really happy with my run con- athletes visited heritage spots The group continued to battle 20 seconds on the run course, a sidering my injury hampered and local schools as part of my run [training]. I felt great their end-of-season camp and Top three professional men’s results: the whole time.” support of the Ironman race SWIM BIKE RUN FINISH The Bahrain course and con- spearheaded by team captain ditions as well as the quality of HH Shaikh Nasser Bin Hamad 1. Kristian Blummenfelt NOR 00:21:36 1:56:52 1:06:58 03:29:04 competition produced a new Al Khalifa. 2. Gustav Iden NOR 00:22:03 1:56:37 1:07:13 03:29:25 Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt at the finish line

3. Casper Stornes NOR 00:21:30 1:56:32 1:11:15 03:33:31 phenomenal pace. ming, cycling and running. And functions. edition. The event, held Under the he was keen to stand among The Representative of HM the Moreover, HH Shaikh Nas- Top three professional women’s results: patronage of HRH Prince Sal- those who were waiting by the King for Charity and Youth Af- ser praised the huge turn - SWIM BIKE RUN FINISH man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the cross-line to cheer the partici- fairs, President of the Supreme out to the event by specta - Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme pants as they complete the com- Council for Youth and Sports tors who lively cheered the 1. Holly Lawrence GBR 00:22:10 2:10:43 1:21:55 03:59:20 Commander and First Deputy petition. and President of Bahrain Olym- competitors. Prime Minister, featured more On this occasion, HH Shaikh pic Committee pointed out that HH Shaikh Nasser praised the 2. Sarah Lewis GBR 00:24:28 2:12:15 1:18:41 04:00:13 than 3000 triathletes from 84 Nasser praised the successful hitting a new world record in High Organising Committee of countries. Many of them were organisation of the event, stating the Ironman championships on the event for the successful or- 3. Ellie Salthouse AUS 00:23:14 2:12:16 1:26:36 04:06:25 from Bahrain and GCC. that hosting such international Bahrain’s soil is a clear evidence ganisation, expressing his happi- HH Shaikh Nasser followed sports events prove Bahrain as a of the keenness of top triathletes ness at the pleasant atmosphere the event’s three races; swim- valid venue for big international to take part in the Kingdom’s of the event. Elasto Painters to face Manama, Muharraq clubs TDT | Manama and 4 at Zain Basketball Are- Manama will be hoping to played for the Elasto Painters na in Um Al Hassam. It will mount a strong challenge in the Philippine Basketball ahrain’s top basketball clubs be held under the patronage against the Filipinos, and will be Association (PBA) professional BManama and Muharraq will of Bahrain Basketball Asso - relying heavily on their leading league in 2014 and 2016. at Seef District too be playing the visiting Rain or ciation (BBA) President Shai- talents such as Ahmed Abdu- Following their game with Shine Elasto Painters in a pair kh Isa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al laziz, Maytham Jameel, Hus- Manama, the Elasto Painters of exhibition contests headlin- Khalifa. sain Shaker, Mohammed Hus- will face Muharraq on the ing the upcoming ninth Bah- Reigning national champions sain, Mohammed Ameer, and evening of January 4. The Ar- rain-Philippines Goodwill Bas- Manama will be the first to take American professional Wayne ad-based squad, like Mana - ketball Games 2019. to the court against the Elasto Chism. ma, have themselves a line- The two-day event is sched- Painters. The two teams will The exhibition will be extra up filled with star Bahraini Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 uled to take place January 3 lock horns on January 3. special for Chism, who twice players. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2018 15

Drag and Drift Night to offer twice the thrills TDT | Manama India take stranglehold otorsport fans can India in strong position in Adelaide Test despite Virat Kohli’s fall Menjoy a fantastic double-header at Bahrain In- India 1st innings 250 (C. Pujara 123, R. ternational Circuit (BIC) India lead by 166 runs Sharma 37; J. Hazlewood 3-52, M. Starc tomorrow with another ex- • 2063, P. Cummins 2-49, N. Lyon 2-83) citing edition of Ebrahim K with 7 wickets remaining Australia 1st innings (overnight 191-7) Kanoo Drag and Drift Night. T. Head c Pant b Shami 72 One of the most popular AFP | Adelaide, Australia M. Starc c Pant b Bumrah 15 activities on offer at “The N. Lyon not out 24 Home of Motorsport in the ndia built a 166-run lead over J. Hazlewood c Pant b Shami 0 Middle East”, Drag and IAustralia on the third day of Extras (lb10, b6, nb2, w1) 19 Drift Night offers twice the an absorbing opening Test in Total: (10 wickets; 98.4 overs) 35 India 2nd innings action and thus double the Adelaide yesterday with dan- K.L. Rahul c Paine b Hazlewood 44 excitement for all those tak- german Cheteshwar Pujara not M. Vijay c Handscomb b Starc 18 ing part. out 40, although the late wicket C. Pujara not out 40 Participants get the of master batsman Virat Kohli V. Kohli c Finch b Lyon 34 chance to take their very gave the home team a glimmer A. Rahane not out 1 own cars or motorbikes and of hope. Extras (b2, lb12) 14 push them to their limit in a At stumps, the visitors were Total: (three wickets; 61 overs) 151 safe and controlled environ- 151-3, adding to their first in - ment, either down the strip nings total of 250. Ajinkya Ra- or around a drifting course, hane was not out one, alongside and continue to put pressure on or both. Pujara who scored a gritty first them tonight.” BIC’s world-class quar- innings century. India got off to a solid start, ter-mile drag strip is a mem- It was looking ominous for India’s batsman Cheteshwar Pujara (C) bats against Australia with KL Rahul and Murali Vijay ber of the prestigious Na- Australia with Kohli and Pujara enjoying a 63-run partnership. tional Hot Rod Association compiling a 71-run third-wicket “The late wicket was a good Test cricket. A great knock and crowd, Head said he was dis- Both failed to fire in the first (NHRA) Worldwide Net- partnership, but spinner Na- thing for them and the first ses- hopefully he continues tomor- appointed to not add more innings and are battling for one work. The drifting course than Lyon got a massive break- sion tomorrow will be very im- row.” runs but believed the game was opener’s spot once the injured is a specially configured through when he snared the portant. If we capitalise on that Australia were dismissed “evenly poised”. Prithvi Shaw is fit again. facility at at BIC’s car park Indian skipper for 34 near the it will leave us in a very good for 235 just before lunch, with “It’ll be a big first hour to - On a difficult batting track, number five. close of play. place in this match.” Travis Head top scoring on 72 on morrow, if we can get a couple Josh Hazlewood bowled four “I think it’s slightly in our fa- He added that Pujara was key. a day hit by rain delays, leaving of wickets and put them under straight maidens to keep them vour,” said Indian paceman Jas- “He’s showed a lot of patience them 15 runs adrift. pressure. I think the bowlers contained before they began prit Bumrah. and that is the key element in Batting in front of his home did a wonderful job to contain finding their range. Napoli close gap on Juve AFP | Milan, Italy Brave’s 19th edition sets stage Brave CF expands sports olish striker Arkadiusz initiatives in Africa PMilik bagged a brace as Napoli warmed up for next for crucial bouts for Africa TDT | Manama week’s Champions League clash with Liverpool by eas- TDT | Manama rave Combat Federation ing past promoted Frosi- Bhas confirmed to host fol- none 4-0 in Serie A to close rave Combat Federation low up initiatives in the conti- We aim nothing the gap on champions Ju- Bwill host its first event in nent as the part of the roadmap but to go ahead ventus to eight points. South Africa featuring cru- for 2019. Brave Combat Feder- with supporting Piotr Zielinski opened cial bouts that will have a ation is the only global mixed initiatives that after just seven minutes in long-standing impact on the martial arts organization to will build a stable Stadio San Paulo with Alge- careers of upcoming fighters. host International events in foundation and rian Adam Ounas adding a 2015 IMMAF gold Medallist, the continent of Africa. stunning second from a dis- Frans Mlambo will be return- The initiative provided the creates a global eco- tance in the first half before ing after two upsetting losses opportunity for thirteen ath- system for Mixed Milik’s second half double. in his career to face Dansheel letes from three nations in Af- Martial Arts to Carlo Ancelotti’s side Moodley. rica to compete globally for the develop consolidated second place Dansheel Moodley is one of first time. Brave 19 is set to be MOHAMMED SHAHID and replied to Juventus who the top prospects in South Af- held on 8th December at the had pulled 11 points clear on rica, with a professional record Sun City Resort in Johannes- Friday with a confident 1-0 of 4-1, on a three-win streak, burg, South Africa. is passionate about the sport win over Inter Milan. and has been on Brave’s radar Frans Mlambo (right) faces off against Dansheel Moodley mediated by The initiative by HH Shaikh of Mixed Martial Arts. The Inter Milan, in third, lose for a while now. The fight will Mohammed Shahid, President of Brave CF (center) Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa successful edition of the event ground on the top two, fall- be crucial for both the athletes had a successful year in 2018 in South Africa following our ing six points adrift of Na- moving forward. MMA circuit. David Bear from national events in the continent with 12 events taking place in first initiative in the Kingdom poli after their damaging At the same time, Carl Booth France will face Polish pros- of Africa. 12 nations. Mohammed Sha- of Morocco is a testimony for Derby d’Italia defeat where will return to face Dino Bagga- pect, Pawel Kielek in a wel - The initiative provided the hid, President of Brave Com- the success. We aim nothing Mario Mandzukic scored tin after a break of nearly a year. terweight bout. The outcomes opportunity for thirteen ath- bat Federation had already but to go ahead with support- the only goal. Booth also had two losses in his of the bouts will be extremely letes from three nations in Af- confirmed that events will be ing initiatives that will build a Napoli travel to Anfield previous appearances and a win crucial when it comes to setting rica to compete globally for the held in the Philippines, UAE, stable foundation and creates next week needing a point is crucial for the striker from bouts in 2019. first time. Brave 19 will be held and Bahrain in 2019. Addi - a global eco-system for Mixed to advance to the Cham - Nottingham MMA Gym. Brave Combat Federation is at 07:00 PM on 8th December tional destinations will be an- Martial Arts to develop”, said pions League knockout The fight card also features the only global mixed martial at the Sun City Resort in Johan- nounced in the coming days. Mohammed Shahid, President rounds. two big names in the European arts organization to host Inter- nesburg, South Africa. “The continent of Africa of Brave Combat Federation.

Atletico move into second Shereen secures victory in horse beauty show with 3-0 win over Alaves TDT | Manama Reuters | Madrid with his stomach from Santi- ago Arias’s cross for his first wo-year-old mare Shereen, tletico Madrid moved into league goal since a close-sea- Towned by Arabian Stud won Aprovisional second place son switch from AC Milan. the B-Class for its age category 90.25 in La Liga with a 3-0 win over Atletico suffered a blow accumulating 90.50 points dur- points were secured fourth-placed Alaves yesterday when defender Lucas Hernan- ing the 9th National Day Arabi- by Two-year-old mare to join leaders Barcelona on dez had to go off with a knee an Horse Beauty Show which Shereen during the 28 points. injury but keeper Jan Oblak began on Friday. competition Nikola Kalinic, Antoine had little to do in the first half Behind her were Al Reem Griezmann and Rodri struck with Alaves struggling to cre- (90.25) and Fajer (89.75) respec- for Atletico in a tight bat - ate chances. tively. In the three-year-old tle against the high-flying Defender Jose Gimenez mares category, Raneen won eration (BREEF), Vice President Basques, with Diego Simeone’s came close to doubling Atlet- with 92.50 points. Prizes being distributed to the winners of the Supreme Council for the side simply more clinical in ico’s lead when he hit the post A broad list of horse owners of Bahrain National Day and including MPs and BREEF mem- Environment and Tawfeeq Al front of goal. with a header from Thomas and breeders are taking part in HM the King’s accession to the bers. Moayyed, Minister of Youth and Croatian striker Kalinic Lemar’s corner, while Alaves this event which features sever- throne, the two-day event wit- HH Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Sports Affairs were among the opened scoring in 24th min- forward Jonathan Calleri nod- al categories. nessed an outstanding turnout Al Khalifa, President of Bahrain key officials who witnessed the ute, bundling the ball home ded wide. Organised on the occasion on its first day and second day, Equestrian and Endurance Fed- final day of the event. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 16 Salah hat-trick sends Liverpool top Marcus Rashford seals comfortable win for Manchester United over Fulham

English Premier League • Liverpool spanked Bournemouth 0 4 Liverpool Bournemouth to go Arsenal 1 0 Huddersfield Town top of the table for a Burnley 1 0 Brighton & Hove Albion few hours at least Cardiff City 1 0 Southampton Manchester United, Man United 4 1 Fulham Arsenal,• West Ham, West Ham 3 2 Crystal Palace Cardiff and Burnley all Chelsea 2 0 Manchester City won, but Southampton’s Italian Serie A managerial change had no immediate impact Napoli 4 0 Frosinone Cagliari 2 2 Roma AFP | London German Bundesliga ohamed Salah’s hat- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 0 FC Augsburg trick fired Liverpool Mto the top of the Pre- FC Bayern München 3 0 1. FC Nürnberg mier League with an impressive FC Schalke 04 1 2 Borussia Dortmund 4-0 win at Bournemouth, while Sport-Club Freiburg 3 0 RB Leipzig Manchester United also finally hit some free-scoring form with Salah goes around Asmir Begovic to complete his hat-trick VfL Wolfsburg 2 2 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim a 4-1 win over Fulham at Old Hertha BSC 1 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Trafford yesterday. looked more like the player who day to rise up to sixth by ending Arsenal extended their un- netted 44 goals in an incredible a four-game winless run in the Spanish La Liga beaten run to 21 games, but left debut season at Anfield. league. it late to beat Huddersfield 1-0 The visitors were slightly for- Jose Mourinho again rang the Atletico de Madrid 3 0 Alaves thanks to Lucas Torreira’s over- tunate to take lead on 25 minutes changes, but continued to leave Valencia CF 1 1 Sevilla KNOW WHAT head kick seven minutes from when Asmir Begovic fumbled Paul Pogba on the bench. Villarreal 0 3 Celta de Vigo time. Roberto Firmino’s long-range And it was three of those *Scores as of closing Champions Manchester City shot Salah’s follow-up effort was introduced to the side from can reclaim top spot with victory allowed to stand despite him ap- Mohamed Salah has Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Ar- time this season, but again came the bottom three. at Chelsea later, but Liverpool pearing to be marginally offside. set another record at senal that scored in the first-half good late on when Torreira met Burnley also moved out of took full advantage of kicking off Salah made the game safe by Liverpool becoming with Ashley Young, Juan Mata Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s the drop zone courtesy of a first first on the south coast to start showing determination to stay the quickest frontman and Romelu Lukaku on target. cross acrobatically to lift the win in nine games as James a big week in the best possible on his feet despite being fouled Aboubakar Kamara’s penalty Gunners above north Lon- Tarkowski scored the only goal fashion by moving a point ahead before finding the bottom corner to score 40 Premier pulled a goal back for Fulham, don rivals Tottenham into to beat Brighton 1-0. of their title rivals. early in the second-half. League goals but any hope of a fightback from third. West Ham recorded a third Salah had been rested from Steve Cook’s own goal then the visitors was ended by a red Ralph Hasenhüttl’s start to life straight win to move into the the start for Wednesday’s 3-1 made it 3-0 before Salah sealed card for Andre-Frank Zambo as Southampton manager got top half by coming from behind win at Burnley that kept Jurgen his hat-trick by remaining re- Man Utd up to sixth Anguissa and Marcus Rashford off to a terrible start as Callum to beat Crystal Palace 3-2 thanks Klopp’s men on City’s coat-tails, markably cool to dribble past United took advantage of added a fourth for the hosts. Paterson scored the winner in to second-half goals from Robert and the Egyptian looked to have Begovic twice before prodding Bournemouth’s defeat and Ever- Arsenal are still yet to lead a a 1-0 victory to move Cardiff up Snodgrass, Javier Hernandez benefited from a break as he home. ton not being in action till Mon- Premier League game at half- to 14th and three points clear of and Felipe Anderson.

PSG ‘vehemently deny’ plan Bayern climb to second, Sancho to sell Mbappe, Neymar over strikes as Dortmund win Ruhr derby threat of FFP sanctions AFP | Paris

AFP | Berlin rench champions Par- Fis Saint-Germain have obert Lewandowski helped quashed reports the club could Rfire defending champions be forced to sell either Kylian 400 Bayern Munich up to second in Mbappe or Neymar in a bid to million euros were the Bundesliga yesterday while circumvent eventual Financial spent by PSG on Jadon Sancho led leaders Borus- Fair Play (FFP) sanctions. signing Neymar and sia Dortmund to a 2-1 derby win Qatar-owned PSG are one Kylian Mbappe in 2017 at Schalke. of a number of clubs under Lewandowski scored twice scrutiny from UEFA’s FFP reg- in an impressive 3-0 home win ulations after splashing a com- these totally false and ridicu- against Nuremberg to lift Bay- bined total of more than 400 lous allegations, which serve ern up from fourth to second in million euros in 2017 for Brazil only to recreate a climate of the table, but they remain nine star Neymar and World Cup tension between the club and points behind Dortmund. winner Mbappe. this media outlet.” Bayern will drop back to third Rival clubs and even the The front page of L’Equi - if Borussia Moenchengladbach president of Spain’s La Liga pe yesterday carried pictures beat Stuttgart at home today. championship, Javier Tebas, of both Mbappe, the 19-year- In Gelsenkirchen, England bemoan the lack of sanctions old who struck in a 4-2 World winger Sancho, who suffered for PSG, who according to re- Cup final win over Croatia last a bereavement in mid-week, cent leaked documents have summer, and Brazil star Ney- slotted the winner 15 minutes violated the strict financial mar while page two claimed from time to seal Dortmund’s regulations put in place by Eu- the club are “ready to lose a Bayern Munich’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski heads the ball to score first away derby win for five ropean football’s ruling body. star”. years. sulting spot-kick. deft flick. crashing to a shock 3-0 defeat UEFA still have their eye on UEFA’s FFP rules mean clubs Thomas Delaney’s first-half However, Sancho hit the win- The Poland goal ace then at Freiburg, a notoriously hard PSG and their finances and dai- are forbidden from spending header for Dortmund was can- ner by going clear in the box af- poached his second just before place to get an away result. ly sports newspaper L’Equipe more money than they gen- celled out by a Daniel Caligiuri ter trading passes with Raphael the half-hour mark when he fol- Germany striker Nils Pe - claimed late on Friday that erate. penalty for mid-table Schalke Guerreiro and tapping home. lowed up and tapped home af- tersen gave the hosts an early any future sanctions could see UEFA’s auditors opened an before Sancho struck at the Velt- He pointed to the heavens in ter Leon Goretzka’s long-range lead before Luca Waldschmidt the club sell one of their most investigation into PSG in Sep- ins Arena. celebration before disappearing strike clattered the crossbar. converted a penalty just before coveted stars. tember 2017 following the pur- Dortmund went ahead after under a pile of team-mates. Bayern maintained the pres- the break. Captain Mike Frantz But PSG were quick to shoot chase of Neymar from Barcelo- just seven minutes when Del- In Munich, Bayern proved sure after the break and the headed in their third to lift Frei- down the report. na and Mbappe from Monaco aney found space in the congest- their October and November Nuremberg defence was again burg to 12th. “In an article published on earlier that summer. ed area to head home a floated dip in form is behind them with torn open when Serge Gnabry’s Hoffenheim came from be- their website on Friday night, The case was shelved in free-kick by Marco Reus. a third straight victory as they fierce shot was saved, Franck hind to seal a 2-2 draw at L’Equipe dared to say that ‘PSG June 2018, before being reo- Schalke drew level on 61 min- crushed Nuremberg. Ribery reacting fastest to drill Wolfsburg thanks to Andrej is ready to lose Kylian Mbappe pened in September 2018. PSG utes when the video assistant Lewandowski struck after home the rebound on 56 min- Kramaric’s late equaliser, while or Neymar Jr to avoid ( FFP) reacted by appealing to the referee judged Reus had fouled eight minutes at the Allianz utes. Bayer Leverkusen sealed a 1-0 sanctions’,” said a statement Court of Arbitration for Sport Amine Harit in the area and Arena when he headed home a Fourth-placed RB Leipzig win over Augsburg after Lucas issued by the club. (CAS), claiming it has met UE- Caliguiri banged home the re- Joshua Kimmich corner with a lost grond in the title race after Alario’s goal. PSG “vehemently denies FA’s FFP demands.